====== Piano Man ======

<blockquote Billy Joel, 1973>
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 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."\\
\\
Chorus:\\
La la la, di da da\\
La la, di da da da dum\\
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"\\
\\
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 drinkin' alone\\
\\
[Chorus]
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Now Paul is a real estate novelist\\
Who never had time for a wife\\
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy\\
And probably will be for life\\
\\
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 comin' to see\\
To forget about life for a while\\
And the piano, it 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?"\\
\\
[Chorus]
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</blockquote>

[[http://youtu.be/LrAtrHa-QGo | Billy Joel - Piano Man - Live 1975]]\\
<blockquote Billy Joel, 1975> 	
This next song is a true story.\\
I say that because some of the stuff I write is a pack of lies.
</blockquote> 

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