PIANO MAN                                                                          Billy Joel

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It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in
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There's an old man sittin' next to me, makin' love to his Tonic & 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

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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 some place that he'd rather be

He says: Bill, I believe this is killing me, as a smile ran away from his face
I'm sure that I could be a movie star if I could get out of this place

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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 practising politics, as the business men slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call "Loneliness", but it's better than drinkin' alone

Sing us a song...

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 awhile

And the piano sounds like a carneval 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?

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Sing us a song...