nine o 'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sit
ting next to me
Making love to his tanning jean
He said, 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 our young
er man's close
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Cause we're all in
the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' al
right
Now John up the bar,
he's a friend of mine
An d he gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke,
or to light up your smoke
Or to some place that
he'd rather be
He said, Bill, I believe this is killing me
As the smile ran away from his face
Cause I know that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la, la la la
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Cause we're all in
the mood for a melody
An d you've got us feeling alright
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
An d he's talking to Davy,
who's still in the Navy,
and probably will be for life.
And the waitress is prac
ticing politics,
and the businessman slowly gets stoned,
And they're sharing a
drink they call loneliness,
but it's better than drinking alone.
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la la
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Cause we're all in
the mood for a melody
An d you've got us feeling
all right
It's a pretty good
crowd for a Saturday
The manager gives me a smile
Cos he knows that it's me
they're all coming to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano sounds like a car nival
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?
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la la
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Cause we're all in the
mood for a melody
An d you got us feeling all right
You