Rosalinda's Eyes - Billy Joel

Last updated on Jun 21, 2024

"Rosalinda's Eyes" is a song* that references Joel's mother, Rosalind, and is the 6th track off of the 1978 album "52nd Street."
I really DIG drummer Liberty DeVitto's groove here (and you can hear it clearly on the outro).
I'm going to share my upload from the CD, which sounds better than the YouTube Music version. Hope this works...(click the blue 'play' arrow after the link)
https://music.nead.us/song.php?action=show_song&song_id=513

If that didn't work, here is the YouTube Music version:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=TvwdPd_0mnM&feature=shared

* "The romantic song is about a Cuban musician who struggles to makes ends meet by playing in a Puerto Rican band. He's homesick for his native country and tired of playing for people who don't appreciate his talent, but he finds comfort in the woman he loves and looks forward to reuniting with her.
Joel told SiriusXM in 2016 that the song was "my attempt to write a letter that my father should have written to my mother."
- via songfacts.com/facts/billy-joel

Lyrics.com
I play nights in the Spanish part of town
I've got music in my hands
The work is hard to find
But that don't get me down
Rosalinda understands

Crazy Latin dancing solo down in Herald Square
Oh Havana I've been searching for you everywhere
And though I'll never be there
I know what I would see there
I can always find my Cuban skies
In Rosalinda's eyes

When she smiles she gives everything to me
When she's all alone she cries
And I'd do anything to take away her tears
Because they're Rosalinda's eyes

Senorita don't be lonely, I will soon be there
Oh Havana I've been searching for you everywhere
I've got a chance to make it
It's time for me to take it
I'll return before the fire dies
In Rosalinda's eyes

All alone in a Puerto Rican band
Union wages, wedding clothes
Hardly anyone has seen how good I am
But Rosalinda says she knows