Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the regular (1)__________ 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 (2)____________ 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 (3)________ 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 (4)____________ of mine
he (5)________ me my (6)____________ for free
and he's quick with a joke or to light up (7)________ smoke
but there's (8)__________________ that he'd rather be
he (9)________ bill, I (10)______________ this is killing me
as the (11)__________ ran away from his face
well i'm (12)________ (13)________ I could be a movie 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 (14)________ for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now paul is a real (15)____________ novelist
who (16)__________ had (17)________ for a wife
and he's talking with davy who's (18)__________ in the navy
and probably will be for life
and the waitress is practicing politics
as the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes, they're (19)______________ a drink they call loneliness
but it's better than drinking alone
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the (20)______________ gives me a smile
'cause he knows that it's me they've been (21)____________ to see
to forget about life for a while.
and the piano sounds like 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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