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It`s nine oclock 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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making love to his tonic and gin
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D7
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
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and I knew it complete
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when I wore a younger mans 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
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Sing us a song tonight
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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 Paul at the bar he`s a friend of mine,
he gets me my drinks for free
And he`s quick with a joke
and a light up your smoke
but there`s some place 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
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
who never had time for a wife
And he`s talking with Davy
who`s still in the Navy
and probably will be for life
And the waitress is practising politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
but it`s better than drinking alone
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 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?
