nine o 'clock on a Saturday,
a regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sittin' 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 young man's clothes
La -la -la -la -la -da -da
La -la -la -la -la -da -da
Sing us a song, you're the pi ano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling all
right
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
An d 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
Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place
Oh, la -la -la -da -da -da
La -la -da -da -da -da -da
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with David,
who's still in the Navy
An d 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 drinking alone
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 all right
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 coming to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, sounds like a carnival
And the mi crophone
smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar
and put bread in my jar
And say, man, what are you doing here?
Oh, la, la, la, dee,
dee, da
Sing us a song, you're a piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling all right
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