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It's nine o'clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in
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There's an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin
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He says son can you play me a memory I'm not really sure how it goes
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But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes
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Da da da de de Da dada dede da da da
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Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight
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Well, we're all in the mood for a melody and you've got us feeling alright
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Now John at the bar is a friend of mine, he gets me my drinks for free
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And he's quick with a joke and a light of your smoke but there's some place that he'd rather be
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He says Bill I believe this is killing me as the smile ran away from his face
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Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star if I could get out of this place
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Now Paul is a real estate novelist who never had time for a wife
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And he's talking with Davy who's still in the navy and probably will be for life
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And the waitress is practising politics as the businessmen slowly gets stoned
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Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness but it's better than drinking alone
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Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight
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Well, we're all in the mood for a melody and you've got us feeling alright
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It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday and the manager gives me a smile
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Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see, to forget about life for a while
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And the piano sounds like a carnival and the microphone smells like a beer
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And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say man what are you doing here?
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Da da da de de Da dada dede da da da
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Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight
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