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Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's (1)________ o'clock on a saturday
the (2)______________ crowd shuffles in
there's an old man (3)______________ next to me
makin' (4)________ to his tonic and gin
he say, son can you (5)________ 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 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 (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 with a joke or to light up (8)________ smoke
but there's (9)__________________ that he'd rather be
he says bill, I (10)______________ this is killing me
as the smile ran away (11)________ his face
well i'm sure (12)________ I could be a (13)__________ star
if I could get out of this place
sing us a song, you're the (14)__________ man
sing us a song tonight
well, we're all in the (15)________ for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now paul is a real (16)____________ novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's talking with (17)________ who's still in the navy
and probably will be for life
and the (18)________________ is practicing politics
as the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes, they're sharing a (19)__________ they call loneliness
but it's better (20)________ drinking alone
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the manager (21)__________ me a smile
'cause he (22)__________ that it's me they've been coming to see
to (23)____________ about life for a while.
and the piano (24)____________ (25)________ a carnival
and the microphone (26)____________ like a beer
and they 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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