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Piano Man Lyrics

Artist: Billy Joel
Album: Piano Man

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 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 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 John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke 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 from his face
Well I'm sure 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 estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy who's still in the navy
And probably will 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 it's better 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 about life for awhile.
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 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.

Comments/Interpretations

by Hannah Montana on 5/20/2008 5:12pm
Hannah Montana is Awesome!Thats all I got to say.

by alexa on 6/8/2008 9:57pm
thats all hannahs got 2 say? this song is 1 of my favs. billy is the best!!!!!!!if i ever learn 2 play the piano i will learn this song 1st.

by alexa on 6/9/2008 7:11pm
Billy Joel is the best singer ever! Piano Man rocks dude!!!!!

by KaySee on 6/14/2008 7:50pm
sing me a song u awesome piano man!!!!!

by Kim on 7/6/2008 1:00pm
i saw Billy Joel in concert he sang this song and o, i luv him soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!;]

by me..myself & i!! on 7/6/2008 3:24pm
cute song!!!I loved it!!!its the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by aj and greg on 8/15/2008 10:42pm
happy brthday merridith x o x

by adam hill on 9/6/2008 8:12pm
great song an all times classic thats all

by Giant Peen on 10/28/2008 3:24am
mmmmbah. mmmmmbah! mmmmmbah!!ber be duh!!

by jamie on 11/6/2008 7:00pm
I would love to see billy in concert and hes coming to my town soon but I am guessing tickets will be like $200 and i cant afford that! I guess you can charge that much when you are as amazing of a musician as he is...

by Tristan on 4/27/2009 8:03pm
I'm just a teenager, but I have heard a ton of music, and I would have to say this is still and probably will be one of my most favorite songs, ever!

by rajat on 12/19/2009 8:55am
perfect i have the same feeling

by RoarImADino on 1/8/2010 5:23am
Billy rocks if i learn how to play the piano i would defintly learn this the song is awsome

by lily on 10/25/2010 10:37am
i love this song

by YOUR MOM!!(; on 10/25/2010 2:06pm
ahhh i got a boner with this song!!S:

by Sbu on 11/24/2010 1:43am
Each tym da song play it reminds of a friend of mine, who used to tel me he s wearing younger mans clothes. . . . .Dios candy!

by Hannah joy on 7/31/2012 5:51am
Yeah! This song is really great!
I really like it!!

by Ruka Toko Mikahere on 10/11/2012 11:44pm
Hey this song sounds like Prince Tui Teka Song