it's nine o'clock on a saturday
 

regular crowd rushes in

There's old man sittin next to me...



(Hi MusicMan!)

making love to his tonic and gin.

He says, son can you play me a memory?


(Hey Eliza! :))

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

La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da dum

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 feeling allright

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 some place that he'd rather be

He says, "Bill I believe this is killing me."

As the smile ran away from his face

(this is one of my favorite songs.)

by the way, If you'd like to see what this song looks like when translated from english to german and then back to english, check this site out. Thought it was pretty funny. http://www.crazylyrics.com/billy-joel-piano-man.htm

Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star

(mine too :D )

Those lyrics are funny as hell Galatea.
And the original Piano Man lyrics are very copywritten... :p

If I could get outta this place."

Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da dum

(I love doing the hard stuff.)

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 business man slowly gets stoned

They're sharing a drink they call loneliness

But it's better than drinking alone (or singing alone)

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 feeling alright

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 a while

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?

OHHH
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da dum

sing us a song tonight
well we're all in the mood for a melody
and you've got us feeling alright