Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Lyrics

[Bridge]
Yeah, rock and roll!
[Saxophone Solo]
(Oh, oh, oh)

[Verse 6]
Well, they lived for a while in a very nice style
But it's always the same in the end
They got a divorce as a matter of course
And they parted, the closest of friends
Then the king and the queen went back to the green
But you can never go back there again (No, oh)


[Verse 7]
Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of '75
From the high to the low to the end of the show
For the rest of their lives
They couldn't go back to the Greasers
The best they could do was pick up their pieces
We always knew they would both find a way to get by

Oh, and that's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie
Can't tell you more 'cause I told you already
And here we are waving
Brenda and Eddie goodbye
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
[Segue]
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Outro]
Bottle of red, ooh bottle of white
Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight
I'll meet you anytime you want
In our Italian restaurant

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“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” has the longest duration in all of Billy Joel’s catalog, clocking in at 7 minutes and 37 seconds. While never released as a single, it has always been highly regarded amongst his fans. The track is cinematic in nature; it combines three songs to make a conversation between two old friends that much more dramatic.

Part one, which also comes back at the end to finish the track, sets the scene for an Italian restaurant in New York. The second part has a more uptempo jazz instrumentation and joyfully recalls the reminiscing of the two friends. With the last part the two discuss how the prom king and queen, Brenda and Eddie, didn’t live happily ever after, after all.

Credits
Produced By
Written By
Saxophone/Clarinet/Tuba/Flute
Orchestration
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Recorded At
A&R Recording, New York, NY
Release Date
September 29, 1977
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