Piano Man by 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 say, 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
da da da de de da
da da de de da da da
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 (1)____________ 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 (2)______________ 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 (3)________ place
sing us a song, you're the (4)__________ man
sing us a song tonight
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now (5)________ is a real estate novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's talking with davy who's still in the navy
and (6)________________ will be for life
and the (7)________________ 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
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the manager (8)__________ me a smile
'cause he knows that it's me they've (9)________ coming to see
to forget about life for a while.
and the piano 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, (10)________ are you doin' here?
da da da de de da
da da de de da da da
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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