Diana Krall - Just The Way You Are

Thank you, my friend Sgt (Join to see) for posting the music video of Diana Krall playing piano and singing a cover of Billy Joel's ballad "Just The Way You Are"

Song background: Joel wrote this song about his first wife, Elizabeth. A pure expression of unconditional love, he gave it to her as a birthday present.
Sadly, after nine years of marriage, Joel and Elizabeth divorced in 1982. Joel's next two marriages didn't work out either: he was married to Christie Brinkley from 1985-1994, and to Katie Lee from 2004-2010.
"Every time I wrote a song for a person I was in a relationship with, it didn't last," Joel said. "It was kind of like the curse. Here's your song - we might as well say goodbye now."
This won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 1979 ceremony. It was a breakthrough for Joel, whose biggest hit to this point was "Piano Man," which reached #25 in the US.
Joel told USA Today July 9, 2008: "I was absolutely surprised it won a Grammy. It wasn't even rock 'n' roll, it was like a standard with a little bit of R&B in it. It reminded me of an old Stevie Wonder recording."

Just the Way You Are written by Billy Joel
"Don't go changin' just to try to please me
You never let me down before
And don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I would not leave you in times of trouble
We could have never come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you any way you are
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take until you believe in me
The way that I believe in you?
I said "I love you", and that's forever
And this I promise from my heart
I could not love you, love you any better
I love you just the way you are
I don't want clever, clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are"

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