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' love to his tonic and gin
he say, son can you play me a memory
I'm not really (3)________ how it goes
but it's sad and it's sweet and I (4)________ 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 (5)________ 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 (6)____________ of mine
he (7)________ me my drinks for free
and he's quick with a (8)________ or to light up your smoke
but there's someplace that he'd (9)____________ be
he says bill, I (10)______________ this is killing me
as the smile ran (11)________ from his face
well i'm (12)________ that 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 mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright
now paul is a real (13)____________ novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's talking with davy who's still in the navy
and probably (14)________ be for life
and the (15)________________ is practicing politics
as the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but it's better (16)________ (17)________________ alone
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the (18)______________ gives me a smile
'cause he knows that it's me they've been (19)____________ to see
to forget about life for a while.
and the piano sounds like a carnival
and the microphone smells like a beer
and they sit at the bar and put (20)__________ 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 (21)________ for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright.

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