Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the regular crowd shuffles in
there's an old man (1)______________ 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 (2)__________ 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 friend 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 (3)__________________ that he'd rather be
he says bill, I believe this is (4)______________ me
as the smile ran away from his face
well i'm sure that I could be a (5)__________ star
if I could get out of this place
sing us a song, you're the piano man
sing us a (6)________ tonight
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now (7)________ is a real (8)____________ novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's talking (9)________ (10)________ who's still in the navy
and probably will be for life
and the waitress is practicing politics
as the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes, they're (11)______________ a drink they (12)________ loneliness
but it's better than drinking alone
it's a pretty (13)________ crowd for a saturday,
and the manager gives me a smile
'cause he knows that it's me they've (14)________ coming to see
to forget (15)__________ (16)________ for a while.
and the (17)__________ sounds like a carnival
and the (18)____________________ smells like a beer
and they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
and say man, (19)________ 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 (20)________ tonight.
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright.

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