JAKARTA – Lagu berjudul Honesty yang terkenal dengan penggalan liriknya ‘Honesty is Lonely Word, Everyone is so Untrue’, merupakan salah satu lantunan paling hits Billy Joel.
Penyanyi kenamaan Amerika Serikat itu memang dikenal banyak menciptakan lagu yang relate dengan kehidupan sehari-hari, Honesty salah satunya.
Pada lagu Honesty tersebut, tentu para pendengar setia masih diselimuti dengan irama khas ala Billy Joel yang merdu, dan tentunya dengan lirik yang easy listening.
Lagu Honesty tersebut sejatinya sudah rilis cukup lama yaitu pada tahun 1978 silam, dan masuk dalam album bernama 52nd Street.
Kendati tergolong lagu lama, hingga kini masih banyak diputar dan dinyanyikan oleh berbagai generasi, karena memang irama lagunya yang indah.
Lirik Lagu Honesty – Billy Joel
If you search for tenderness
It isn’t hard to find
You can have the love you need to live
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind
It always seems to be so hard to give
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve
But I don’t want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies
All I want is someone to believe
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
I can find a lover
I can find a friend
I can have security until the bitter end
Anyone can comfort me
With promises again
I know, I know
When I’m deep inside of me
Don’t be too concerned
I won’t ask for nothin’ while I’m gone
But when I want sincerity
Tell me where else can I turn
‘Cause you’re the one I depend upon
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
