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Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the (1)______________ crowd shuffles in
there's an old man sitting (2)________ to me
makin' (3)________ to his (4)__________ 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 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 (5)__________ man
sing us a (6)________ 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 (7)________ a (8)________ or to light up (9)________ smoke
but there's (10)__________________ (11)________ he'd rather be
he says bill, I believe this is killing me
as the (12)__________ ran away (13)________ his face
well i'm (14)________ that I could be a (15)__________ star
if I could get out of this place
sing us a song, you're the piano man
sing us a song tonight
well, we're all in the (16)________ for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now (17)________ is a real estate novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's talking (18)________ davy who's (19)__________ in the navy
and probably will be for life
and the (20)________________ is practicing politics
as the (21)______________________ slowly get stoned
yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but it's (22)____________ than drinking alone
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the manager gives me a smile
'cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
to (23)____________ about life for a while.
and the piano sounds like a carnival
and the microphone (24)____________ like a beer
and they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
and say man, (25)________ are you doin' here?
da da da de de da
da da de de da da da
sing us a song, you're the (26)__________ 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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