This lyric refers to the very public marital breakdown between singer-songwriter Billy Joel and the model Christie Brinkley.
Many Billy Joel song titles are scattered throughout the lyric.
_ YOU’RE STILL LOOKING OLD TO ME _
(A Duet For Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley To “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me”)
VERSE 1
BILLY:What’s the matter with my old wife lately?
CHRISTIE:Don’t you know that I’m Christie Brinkley.
BILLY:Why complain about the way I treat you?
CHRISTIE:Cos you say that I’m old and wrinkly.
BILLY:It was months ago that we separated,
CHRISTIE:And even longer since you ejaculated.
BILLY:Face lift, skin shift, plastic for your boob drift,
You’re still looking old to me.VERSE 2
CHRISTIE:What’s the matter with the clothes I’m wearing?
BILLY:Can’t you tell that you’ve spent to much.
CHRISTIE:Maybe I should buy some nice fur collars?
BILLY:Then you’ll look just like Basil Brush.
CHRISTIE:Why are you not writing songs lately honey?
I can’t look good unless I spend a lot of money.
BILLY:Uptown, downtown, even one called Allentown,
CHRISTIE:They all sound the same to me.MIDDLE BIT
BILLY:Oh it doesn’t matter what I Tell Her About It,
Cos I want you Just The Way You Aren’t;
CHRISTIE:In my mind My Life spun, Only The Good Die Young,
When my ‘copter crashed down in the park,
BILLY:Shame that it wasn’t Iraq.VERSE 3
BILLY:What’s the matter with the girls I’m dating?
CHRISTIE:Don’t you know that they’re much too young.
BILLY:You’re just jealous cos you’re no spring chicken,
CHRISTIE:They should put you in an Iron Lung.
BILLY:Don’t you know that I’m a new man honey,
CHRISTIE:Soon the CSA will get your last bit of money.
BILLY:Wrong bloke, I’m broke, spent it all on snorting coke,
She’s always a scrounger to me.
CHRISTIE:Stingy Billy’s saying that he’s skint now,
Funny, but he’ll still pay me alimony.
Below is Billy Joel singing It’s Still Rock’n’Roll To Me:
Here is a link to the lyrics of It’s Still Rock’n’Roll To Me.