Lyric discussion by kmaudk 

Cover art for Big Man On Mulberry Street lyrics by Billy Joel

This song was written for the hit TV show "Moonlighting" starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd and appears in the season 3 episode entitled "Big Man on Mulberry Street". Bruce Willis plays David Addison, a wisecracking, live-life-to-the-fullest party guy who is secretly in love with conservative, uptight former model Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd). This song (and episode) gives us a glimpse into David's sensitive side and hints at his true feelings for Maddie... "What if nobody (i.e. Maddie) finds out who I am?" Great show if you haven't seen it by the way.

@kmaudk Maddie was the liberal, not the conservative, David in the show is the christian (a few episodes he admits to being a believer in the man upstairs, Maddie is not a believer) and believes in helping people, Maddie is the model rich-bitch atheist who is very selfish and vain. It is their conflicting beliefs that make them an unlikely match-up and that kept the drama between them fresh until the writers made Maddie double down on being a bitch