Piano Man

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It's nine o'clock on a Saturday  the  regular crowd shuffles in
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There's an old man  sitting next to me  making love to his tonic and gin
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He says son can you play me a memory  im  not really sure how it goes
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But its sad and its sweet and I knew it compIete when I wore a younger mans clothes

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Sing us a song your the piano man Sing us a song tonight
Well were all in the mood for a melody and you've got us feeling all right

Now Paul at the bar he's a friend of mine, he gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a Joke and a light of your smoke but there's some pIace that
He'd rather be
He says biIf I believe this is killing me as the smile ran away from his face
WelI l'm sure that I could be a movie star if I could get out of this place

Now Paul is a real estate noveIist who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy who's stiII in the navy and probab Iy wiII be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness but its better than drinking alone

its a pretty good crowd for a Saturday And the manager gives me a smile
Cause he knows that its me they've been coming to see To forget about life for
a whiIe
And the piano sounds like a carnival and the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say man what are you doing
here?