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Piano Man
Billy Joel
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It's nine o'clock on a saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sittin' next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
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He says "Son can you play me a memory?"
'I'm not really sure how it goes'
"But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete"
"When I wore a younger man's clothes"
La, la-la, di-di da
La-la, di-di da, da-dum
Sing us a song you're the piano (man)
(Sing us a song tonight)
(Well, we're all in the mood for a melody)
(And you've got us feelin' alright)
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Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star"
"If I could get out of this place"
La, la-la, di-di da
La-la, di-di da, da-dum
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
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And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone
And I just say
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Sing us the song (you're the piano man)
(Sing us a song tonight)
(Well, we're all in the mood for a melody)
(And you've got us feelin' alright)
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Ah, it's a pretty good crowd for a stadium
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar, and put bread in my jar
And say "Man, what are you doin' here?"
La, la-la, di-di da
La-la, di-di da, da-dum
(Sing us the song you're the piano man)
(Sing us a song tonight)
(Well, we're all in the mood for a melody)
(And you've got us feelin' alright)
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Thank you New York
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