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it's nine o'clock on a Saturday
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the regular crowd shuffles in
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There's an old man sitting next to me
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Makin' love to his tonic and gin
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He says Son can you play me a memory
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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
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when I wore a younger man's clothes"
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Da da da de de da
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da da de de da da da
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Sing us a song, you're the piano man,
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sing us a song to night
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Well we're all in the mood for a melody
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and you've got us feeling all right
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Now John at the bar is a friend of mine,
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he gets me my drinks for free
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And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke,
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but there's some place that he'd rather be
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He says "Bill I believe this is killing me"
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As a smile ran away from his face
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"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
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If I could get out of this place"
{c:Chorus}
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Now Paul is a real estate novelist
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who never had time for a wife
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And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy,
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and probably will be for life
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And the waitress is practicing politics,
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as the businessmen slowly get stoned
C Em Am C/G
Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness,
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but it's better than drinking alone
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It's a pretty good crowd for a saturday
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and the manager gives me a smile
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`Cause he knows that it's me that they've been coming to see
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To forget about life for a while
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And the piano sounds like a carnival
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and the microphone smells like a beer
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And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
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and say "Man what are you doing here ?
