"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.
who is she's got a way about
Joel 's first wife Elizabeth