My Lives


My Lives is a box set compilation of demos, outtakes, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, live recordings and album cuts by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel. It was released on November 22, 2005. The album name is derivative of the Billy Joel song "My Life". The liner notes were written by longtime Rolling Stone magazine contributor Anthony DeCurtis.
The 4-CD set is notable for including numerous tracks which had been previously released, but had never been available on an official Billy Joel album, including songs from his days with the Lost Souls, the Hassles, and Attila, various B-sides, and soundtrack contributions such as "Why Should I Worry?", which his character sang in the Disney animated film Oliver & Company. A bonus DVD is also included featuring live performances from River of Dreams Tour.
The cover of the box set was painted by Joel's daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, when she was seven years old.
It was Joel's 20th album to chart on the Billboard 200, peaking at in December 2005.
In a 2018 interview, Joel seemed to indicate the box set was compiled and released without his consent, stating that "it was unfinished stuff that never should have been heard. I didn’t want anything to do with it. I refer to that album as Twigs and Stems and Seeds — you’re not supposed to smoke that shit."

Track listing

There are five discs included in My Lives: four CDs and one DVD. All songs written by Billy Joel, except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "My Journey's End" – The Lost Souls – 2:07
  2. "Time and Time Again" – The Lost Souls – 2:00
  3. "Every Step I Take " – the Hassles – 2:28
  4. "You've Got Me Hummin'" – The Hassles – 2:28
  5. "Amplifier Fire " – Attila – 3:06
  6. "Only a Man" – 3:16
  7. "She's Got a Way" – 2:56
  8. "Oyster Bay" – 3:44
  9. "Piano Man" – 2:52
  10. "The Siegfried Line" – 2:35
  11. "New Mexico" – 2:37
  12. "Cross to Bear" – 4:20
  13. "Miami 2017 " – 4:50
  14. "These Rhinestone Days" – 3:00
  15. "Everybody Has a Dream" – 4:36
  16. "Only the Good Die Young" – 3:39
  17. "Until the Night" – 6:38
  18. "Zanzibar" – 6:47
  19. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" – 2:58

    Disc two

  20. "Captain Jack" – 7:22
  21. "The End of the World" – 3:22
  22. "The Prime of Your Life" – 3:43
  23. "She's Right on Time" – 4:14
  24. "Elvis Presley Blvd." – 3:15
  25. "Nobody Knows But Me" – 2:55
  26. "An Innocent Man" – 5:19
  27. "Christie Lee" – 4:02
  28. "Easy Money" – 4:06
  29. "And So It Goes" – 3:14
  30. "I'll Cry Instead" – 2:25
  31. "Keeping the Faith" – 4:54 Incorrectly listed as the 12" remix, which originally ran for 5:27. This is actually the 7" remix.
  32. "Modern Woman" – 3:51
  33. "Baby Grand" – 4:05
  34. "Getting Closer" – 5:39
  35. "House of Blue Light" – 4:45
  36. "Money or Love" – 4:02
  37. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" – 2:54

    Disc three

  38. "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" – 3:45
  39. "I Go to Extremes" – 4:53
  40. "Shout" – 5:50
  41. "All Shook Up" – 2:09
  42. "Heartbreak Hotel" – 3:21
  43. "When You Wish Upon a Star" – 3:42
  44. "In a Sentimental Mood" – 4:02
  45. "Motorcycle Song" – 4:19
  46. "You Picked a Real Bad Time" – 4:56
  47. "The River of Dreams" – 5:49
  48. "A Hard Day's Night" – 2:47
  49. "Light as the Breeze" – 6:14
  50. "To Make You Feel My Love" – 3:52
  51. "Hey Girl" – 3:57
  52. "Why Should I Worry" – 3:33
  53. "Where Were You " – 1:58
  54. "Highway 61 Revisited" – 5:11

    Disc four

  55. "Movin' Out " – 3:44
  56. "You May Be Right" – 4:50
  57. "Big Shot" – 4:45
  58. "Don't Worry Baby" – 3:27
  59. "Goodnight Saigon" – Vietnam Veterans Version – 6:30
  60. "Los Angelenos" – 3:54
  61. "New York State of Mind" – 6:01
  62. "Opus 1. Soliloquy " – 11:22
  63. "Opus 8. Suite For Piano I. Innamorato" – 7:46
  64. "Opus 8. Suite For Piano II. Sorbetto" – 1:31
  65. "Opus 8. Suite For Piano III. Delusion" – 3:35
  66. "Elegy: The Great Peconic" – 6:51
  67. "Glass Houses Promo Talk " – 9:00
  1. "No Man's Land"
  2. "Pressure"
  3. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
  4. "Leningrad"
  5. "Allentown"
  6. "My Life"
  7. "I Go to Extremes"
  8. "Shades of Grey"
  9. "The River of Dreams"
  10. "Goodnight Saigon"
  11. "We Didn't Start the Fire"
  12. "A Hard Day's Night"
  13. "Big Shot"
  14. "Piano Man"
  15. "I Go to Extremes" – "Umixit" Track
  16. "Zanzibar" – "Umixit" Track