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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' love to his tonic and gin
he say, son can you play me a memory
I'm not (3)____________ sure how it goes
but it's sad and it's sweet and I (4)________ it complete
when I wore a (5)______________ 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 (6)________ for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now john at the bar is a friend of mine
he (7)________ me my drinks for free
and he's quick (8)________ a joke or to (9)__________ up your smoke
but there's (10)__________________ that he'd rather be
he says bill, I believe this is (11)______________ me
as the smile ran away (12)________ his face
well i'm sure that I could be a movie star
if I could get out of this place
sing us a song, you're the (13)__________ man
sing us a (14)________ tonight
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now (15)________ is a real (16)____________ novelist
who (17)__________ had (18)________ for a wife
and he's talking with davy who's still in the navy
and (19)________________ will be for life
and the waitress is practicing politics
as the businessmen (20)____________ get stoned
yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but it's better than (21)________________ alone
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the (22)______________ gives me a smile
'cause he knows (23)________ it's me they've been coming to see
to forget about life for a while.
and the piano (24)____________ (25)________ a carnival
and the microphone (26)____________ like a beer
and (27)________ 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 (28)__________ 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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