♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's nine o'clock on a Saturday 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 young man's clothes La-la-la-la-la-da-da La-la-la-la-la-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 feeling all right ♪ ♪ 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 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 Oh, la-la-la-la-da-da La-la-la-la-da-da-da Now Paul is a real estate novelist Who never had time for a wife And he's talking with David, 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 ♪ ♪ ♪ 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 all right ♪ ♪ ♪ 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, 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 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 all right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪