Piano Man

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Piano Man by Billy Joel

About Piano Man

"Piano Man" was Billy Joel's first major hit and is considered Joel's signature song. The verses of the song are sung from the point of view of a bar piano player who focuses mainly on everyone else at the bar: John the bartender, the waitress, and bar regulars like Paul and Davy. Most of these characters have unfulfilled dreams, and the pianist's job, it seems, is to help them "forget about life for a while". The chorus, in bar-room sing-along style, comes from the bar patrons themselves, who plead, "Sing us a song. .

Piano Man Lyrics

[00:30.73] It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
[00:35.48] The regular crowd shuffles in
[00:39.05] There's an old man sittin' next to me
[00:43.12] Makin' love to his tonic and gin
[00:48.26]
[00:56.92] He says, "Son can you play me a memory?
[01:01.58] I'm not really sure how it goes
[01:05.50] But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
[01:09.60] When I wore a younger man's clothes"
[01:14.13] La, la-la, di-di-da
[01:18.96] La-la di-di-da da-dum
[01:26.26] Sing us a song, you're the piano man
[01:30.39] Sing us a song tonight
[01:34.12] Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
[01:38.48] And you've got us feelin' alright
[01:43.39]
[01:56.78] Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
[02:00.86] He gets me my drinks for free
[02:04.73] And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke
[02:08.83] But there's some place that he'd rather be
[02:14.34] He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
[02:18.67] As a smile ran away from his face
[02:22.85] "Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
[02:27.09] If I could get out of this place"
[02:31.18] Oh, la, la-la, di-di-da
[02:35.64] La-la di-di-da da-dum
[02:43.16] Now Paul is a real estate novelist
[02:47.30] Who never had time for a wife
[02:51.47] And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy
[02:55.58] And probably will be for life
[02:59.93]
[03:09.31] And the waitress is practicing politics
[03:13.47] As the businessmen slowly get stoned
[03:17.20] Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
[03:21.45] But it's better than drinkin' alone
[03:26.48]
[03:41.44] Sing us the song, you're the piano man
[03:45.65] Sing us a song tonight
[03:49.27] Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
[03:53.47] And you've got us feelin' alright
[03:58.21]
[04:11.54] It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
[04:15.67] And the manager gives me a smile
[04:19.68] 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
[04:23.78] To forget about life for a while
[04:29.13] And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
[04:33.23] And the microphone smells like a beer
[04:37.19] And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
[04:41.26] And say man what are you doin' here?
[04:45.22] Oh, la, la-la, di-di-da
[04:49.97] La-la di-di-da da-dum
[04:57.22] Sing us the song, you're the piano man
[05:01.46] Sing us a song tonight
[05:04.90] Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
[05:09.17] And you've got us feelin' alright
[05:11.53]

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