Piano Man by Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the regular crowd shuffles in
there's an old man sitting next to me
makin' love to his (1)__________ and gin
he say, son can you play me a memory
I'm not really (2)________ how it goes
but it's sad and it's (3)__________ and I knew it complete
when I wore a (4)______________ 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 song 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 (6)________ me my drinks for free
and he's quick with a (7)________ or to light up your smoke
but there's someplace that he'd rather be
he says bill, I believe this is killing me
as the smile ran away (8)________ his face
well i'm sure that I could be a movie star
if I (9)__________ 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 (10)____________ novelist
who never had time for a wife
and he's talking (11)________ (12)________ who's (13)__________ in the navy
and probably will be for life
and the (14)________________ is (15)____________________ politics
as the businessmen (16)____________ get stoned
yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but it's (17)____________ 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 forget (18)__________ (19)________ for a while.
and the piano (20)____________ like a carnival
and the microphone smells like a beer
and they sit at the bar and put (21)__________ in my jar
and say man, (22)________ 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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