If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You) (track)
by Billy Joel
If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You) appears on the following album(s) by Billy Joel:
- Piano Man (track #8) (this album) (1973)

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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/21/2026 20:40 | markl73 | 6,979 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 01:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 139,402 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2025 14:55 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/17/2025 19:22 | 74,167 | 51/100 | |
| ! | 04/29/2025 18:00 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,674 | 69/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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