<P> `` She 's Got a Way '' is a love ballad . The lyrics to `` She 's Got a Way '' have the singer describing how various characteristics of a particular woman , such as her laugh , make him love her , even though he ca n't understand why . To music critic Mark Bego it 's a song about a woman who has `` mesmerized '' him . Joel biographer Fred Schruers describes the lyrics as a `` plainspoken , never - quite - corny adoration of a loved one . '' According to a friend of the couple , Bruce Gentile , the song was written about Joel 's first wife Elizabeth . </P>
<P> `` She 's Got a Way '' is a love ballad . The lyrics to `` She 's Got a Way '' have the singer describing how various characteristics of a particular woman , such as her laugh , make him love her , even though he ca n't understand why . To music critic Mark Bego it 's a song about a woman who has `` mesmerized '' him . Joel biographer Fred Schruers describes the lyrics as a `` plainspoken , never - quite - corny adoration of a loved one . '' According to a friend of the couple , Bruce Gentile , the song was written about Joel 's first wife Elizabeth . </P>
who is she 's got a way about
who is she 's got a way about
Joel 's first wife Elizabeth
Joel 's first wife Elizabeth