It´s nine o´clock on a saturday the regular crowd shuffles in There´s an old man sitting next to me
making love to his tonic and gin
He says, 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
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
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 a 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 were all in the mood for a melody and you´ve got us feeling all right
Now Paul is a real estate novelist who never had time for a wife and he´s talking to Davy who´s still in the Navy and probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
as the buisnessmen slowly get stoned yes they´re sharing a drink they call loneliness but its better than drinking 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 doing here?
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