This song paints a portrait of a real drama queen, a rich, self-absorbed woman who goes to big parties and always feels the need to be the center of attention. She drinks too much, does too much cocaine, tries to be the life of the part, and ends up making a fool of herself.
But even though the song is about a woman, Billy Joel has admitted several times that the lyrics were inspired by his OWN bad and immature behavior at parties. Many times, he has embarrassed himself by getting drunk, stoned and loud at social occasions. And the next morning, he'd always look at himself in the mirror and groan, "You HAD to go and do it, didn't you, Billy? You HAD to act like a big shot, didn't you?"
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