Piano Man
Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

The Regular crowd shuffles in

There's an old man sitting next to me

Makin' love to his tonic and gin


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 da da

La la, di da da da dum


Chorus:

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


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


Oh, la la la, di da da

La la, di da 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


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 drinkin' alone


Chorus

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 got us feeling alright



It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday

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?


Oh, la la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum


Chorus:

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 got us feeling alright


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  52nd Street   A Hard Day's Night   A Hard Day's Night (Live)   A Matter Of Trust   A Minor Variation   A Room of Our Own   Ain't No Crime   Ain't No Crime   Ain’t No Crime   All About Soul   All About Soul (Remix)   All For Leyna   All My Life   All Shook Up   All You Wanna Do Is Dance   Allentown   Always a Woman   Amplifier Fire (Attila)   An Innocent Man   An Innocent Man [Album Version]   And So It Goes   Angry Young Man   Auld Lang Syne   Baby Grand   Baby Grand (Duet With Ray Charles)   Back in the U.S.S.R.   Back In The USSR   Big Man On Mulberry Street   Big Shot   Big Shot (Live)   Billy the Kid   Blonde Over Blue   C'etait Toi   C'etait Toi (you Were The One)   C'etait Toi   Captain Jack   Careless Talk   Carless Talk   Christie Lee   Christie Lee (Unreleased Version)   Christmas In Fallujah   Close To The Borderline   Code Of Silence   Cross To Bear   Dance to the Music   Don't Ask Me Why   Don't Worry Baby (An All Star Tribute To Brian Wil...   Don't Worry Baby (Live)   Don't Ask Me Why   Don't Worry Baby (An All Star Tribute To Bria...   Don't Worry Baby (Live)   Dont Ask Me Why   Easy Money   Easy Money [Album Version]   Elvis Presley Blvd.   Entertainer   Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make) (The Hassles...   Everybody Has A Dream   Everybody Has a Dream [Stranger Reprise]   Everybody Has a Dream/The Stranger (Reprise)   Everybody Loves You Now   Fallin' Of The Rain   Falling Of The Rain   Famous Last Words   Flip-Flop Girl   For The Longest Time   Get It Right the First Time   Getting Closer   Getting Closer (Unreleased Version)   Goodnight My Angel (lullaby)   Goodnight Saigon   Goodnight Saigon (Live)   Goodnight Siagon   Got To Begin Again   Half A Mile Away   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas   He's Always A Woman   Heartbreak Hotel   Hey Girl   Highway 61 Revisited   Honesty   Honesty [Album Version]   Honky Tonk Women   House Of Blue Light   I Don't Want To Be Alone   I Don't Want To Be Alone   I Go To Extremes   I'll Cry Instead   I'll Cry Instead (Live)   I've Loved These Days   I'll Cry Instead   I've Loved These Days   If I Only Had The Words   If I Only Had The Words (to Tell You)   In A Sentimental Mood   Innocent Man   It's Still Rock 'n Roll to Me   It's Still Rock And Roll To Me   It's Still Rock And Roll To Me   It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me   James   Jeans On   Josephine   Just For   Just The Way You Are   Keeping The Face   Keeping The Faith   Last Of The Big Time Spenders   Laura   Leave A Tender Moment Alone   Leningrad   Let It Be   Let Your Heart Show You The Way   Let's Drop The Big One Now   Light As A Breeze   Light As the Breeze   Long Long Time   Los Angelenos   Los Angelenos (Video Version)   Lullaby   Lullabye   Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)   Lullabye (goodnight, My Angel)   Make You Feel My Love   Matter Of Trust   Miami 2017   Miami 2017 (seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)   Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) [L...   Modern Woman   Modern Woman [Album Version]   Money Or Love   Motorcycle Song   Movin Out   Movin' Out   Movin' Out (anthony's Song)   Movin' Out   Mr. Cellophane (Chicago Soundtrack)   Music Source   My Journey's End (The Lost Souls)   My Journey's End (The Lost Souls)   My Life   New Mexico   New York State Of Mind   New York State of Mind [Live]   Night Is Still Young   No Man's Land   No Man's Land   Nobody Knows But Me   Nobody Knows It But Me   Nocturne   Odoya   Only A Man   Only The Good Die Young   Only The Good Die Young (live, 1993-09: Boston, MA...   Only The Good Die Young (Unreleased Version)   Opus 5. 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