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Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the (1)______________ crowd (2)________________ in
there's an old man sitting next to me
makin' (3)________ to his (4)__________ 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 (6)________ 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 (7)________ 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 (8)________ me my drinks for free
and he's (9)__________ (10)________ a joke or to light up your smoke
but there's someplace that he'd rather be
he says bill, I believe (11)________ is (12)______________ me
as the (13)__________ ran away from 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 (14)__________ man
sing us a (15)________ tonight
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now paul is a (16)________ (17)____________ novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's talking with davy who's still in the navy
and probably (18)________ be for life
and the waitress is (19)____________________ politics
as the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but it's better (20)________ 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 forget about life for a while.
and the piano sounds (21)________ a carnival
and the microphone smells like a beer
and (22)________ sit at the bar and put (23)__________ in my jar
and say man, (24)________ 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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