The title of this song, in which the addressee is the vocalist’s sweetheart, points to the fact, most simply put, that the latter has not experienced (romantic) love “for the longest time”. And Billy Joel...
At the center of this narrative are two characters. One is the titular “uptown girl”, with the uptown adjective basically meaning that she is from a well-to-do, classy background. Meanwhile the singer himself is a “downtown man” which...
