Piano Man by Billy Joel
It's nine o'clock on a saturday
the regular crowd shuffles in
there's an old man sitting (1)________ to me
makin' love to his tonic 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 (2)__________ 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 gets me my (3)____________ for free
and he's (4)__________ with a (5)________ or to light up (6)________ smoke
but there's someplace (7)________ he'd rather be
he says bill, I believe this is killing me
as the (8)__________ ran away from his face
well i'm sure that I could be a (9)__________ star
if I could get out of this place
sing us a song, you're the (10)__________ 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 estate novelist
who never had (11)________ for a wife
and he's talking with (12)________ who's still in the navy
and probably (13)________ be for life
and the waitress is (14)____________________ politics
as the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes, they're (15)______________ a drink they call loneliness
but it's (16)____________ than drinking alone
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the (17)______________ gives me a smile
'cause he (18)__________ (19)________ it's me they've been (20)____________ to see
to forget about life for a while.
and the piano (21)____________ like a carnival
and the (22)____________________ smells like a beer
and (23)________ sit at the bar and put bread 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 (25)__________ man
sing us a song tonight.
well, we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feelin' alright.
the regular crowd shuffles in
there's an old man sitting (1)________ to me
makin' love to his tonic 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 (2)__________ 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 gets me my (3)____________ for free
and he's (4)__________ with a (5)________ or to light up (6)________ smoke
but there's someplace (7)________ he'd rather be
he says bill, I believe this is killing me
as the (8)__________ ran away from his face
well i'm sure that I could be a (9)__________ star
if I could get out of this place
sing us a song, you're the (10)__________ 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 estate novelist
who never had (11)________ for a wife
and he's talking with (12)________ who's still in the navy
and probably (13)________ be for life
and the waitress is (14)____________________ politics
as the businessmen slowly get stoned
yes, they're (15)______________ a drink they call loneliness
but it's (16)____________ than drinking alone
it's a pretty good crowd for a saturday,
and the (17)______________ gives me a smile
'cause he (18)__________ (19)________ it's me they've been (20)____________ to see
to forget about life for a while.
and the piano (21)____________ like a carnival
and the (22)____________________ smells like a beer
and (23)________ sit at the bar and put bread 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 (25)__________ 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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