Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the regular (1)__________ (2)________________ in
there's an old man (3)______________ next to me
makin' love to his tonic and gin
he say, son can you (4)________ 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 (5)________ 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 friend of mine
he gets me my (6)____________ for free
and he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
but there's someplace (7)________ 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 (8)________ place
sing us a song, you're the piano man
sing us a (9)________ tonight
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now paul is a real (10)____________ novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's (11)______________ with (12)________ who's still in the navy
and probably (13)________ be for life
and the (14)________________ is practicing politics
as the businessmen (15)____________ get stoned
yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but it's better than drinking alone
it's a (16)____________ (17)________ crowd for a saturday,
and the manager gives me a smile
'cause he (18)__________ that it's me they've (19)________ coming to see
to (20)____________ (21)__________ life for a while.
and the piano sounds like a carnival
and the microphone smells (22)________ a beer
and (23)________ 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 (24)________ for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright.

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