Billy Joel - Piano Man (demo, Never Released) Lyrics

Lyrics Piano Man (demo, Never Released) - Billy Joel



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"
La, la, la, de, de, da
La, la, de, de, da, 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 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 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, de, de, da
La, la, de, de, da, da, da
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
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessman slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it′s better than drinkin' 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 feelin′ 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 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?"
Oh, la, la, la, de, de, da
La, la, de, de, da, 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 feelin′ alright



Writer(s): Billy Joel


Billy Joel - My Lives
Album My Lives
date of release
22-11-2005

1 The End of the World
2 Amplifier Fire
3 Captain Jack (Live)
4 Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make)
5 Elegy: The Great Peconic
6 The Times They Are A-Changin' - Live
7 Only a Man (demo, Never Released)
8 She's Got a Way (album version)
9 Oyster Bay (demo, Never Released)
10 Piano Man (demo, Never Released)
11 The Siegfried Line (demo, Never Released)
12 New Mexico (demo, Never Released, Became "Worse Comes to Worst")
13 Cross to Bear (demo, Never Released)
14 Miami 2017 (demo, Never Released)
15 These Rhinestone Days (demo, Never Released, Became "I Loved These Days")
16 Only the Good Die Young (alternate version, Never Released)
17 Until the Night (album version)
18 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (album version)
19 The Prime of Your Life
20 Keeping the Faith (12" version)
21 Money or Love
22 The Downeaster "Alexa" (album version)
23 Shout
24 You May Be Right (live)
25 Ballad of Billy the Kid




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