Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the (1)______________ (2)__________ shuffles in
there's an old man sitting next to me
makin' (3)________ to his tonic and gin
he say, son can you (4)________ me a memory
I'm not really (5)________ 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 (6)__________ man
sing us a (7)________ 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 (8)________ a joke or to light up (9)________ smoke
but there's someplace that he'd rather be
he (10)________ bill, I believe this is (11)______________ me
as the smile ran away (12)________ his face
well i'm sure (13)________ I could be a movie star
if I (14)__________ get out of this place
sing us a song, you're the piano man
sing us a (15)________ tonight
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now paul is a (16)________ estate novelist
who (17)__________ had time for a wife
and he's talking with (18)________ who's still in the navy
and probably will be for life
and the waitress is (19)____________________ 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 (20)____________ good crowd for a saturday,
and the manager (21)__________ me a smile
'cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
to (22)____________ (23)__________ life for a while.
and the piano (24)____________ (25)________ a carnival
and the microphone smells like a beer
and (26)________ sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
and say man, what 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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