Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper - Code of Silence lyrics

Everybody's got a million questions
Everybody wants to know the score
What you went through
It's something you should be over now
Everybody wants to hear the secrets
That you never told a soul before
And it's not that strange
'Cause it wouldn't change
What happened anyhow
But you swore to yourself a long time ago
There were some things that people
Never needed to know
This is one that you keep
That you bury so deep no one can tear it out

And you can't talk about it
'Cause you're following a code of silence
You're never gonna lose the anger
You just deal with it in a different way
And you can't talk about it
(No, you can't talk)
And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you've really got a lot to say

You don't wanna lose a friendship
There's nothing that you have to hide
And a little dirt
Couldn't hurt no one anyway
And you still have a rage inside you
That you carry with a certain pride
In the only part of the broken heart
That you could ever save
But you've been through it once
You know how it ends
You don't see the point of
Going through it again
And this ain't the place and
This ain't the time
And neither's any other day

So you can't talk about it
'Cause you're following a code of silence
You're never gonna lose the anger
You just deal with it in a different way
So you can't talk about it
(No, you can't talk)
And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you've really got a lot to say

I know you well enough to
Tell you've got your reasons
That's not the kind of code
You're inclined to break
Some things unknown are best
Left alone forever
And if a vow is what it takes
Haven't you paid for your mistakes?

After the moment passes
And the impulse disappears
You can still hold back
'Cause you don't crack very easily
It's a time-honored resolution
'Cause the danger is always near
It's with you now
But that ain't how it was supposed to be
(No, no, no) and it's hard to believe
After all these years
That it still gives you pain
And it still brings tears
And you feel like a fool
'cause in spite all your rules
You've got a memory

But you can't talk about it
'Cause you're following a code of silence
You're never gonna lose the anger
You just deal with it in a different way
But you can't talk about it
(No, you can't talk)
And isn't that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you've really got a lot to say
'Cause you can't, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah now, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah woo, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah