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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
(C) (Em) (Am) (C/G)
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
(F) (C/E) (D7) (G)
who never had time for a wife
(C) (Em) (Am) (C/G)
And he\'s talking with Davy, who\'s still in the Navy,
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and probably will be for life
(C) (Em) (Am)
And the waitress is practicing politics,
(C/G) (F) (C/E) (D7) (G)
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
(C) (Em) (Am) (C)
It\'s a pretty good crowd for a saturday
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and the manager gives me a smile
(C) (Em) (Am) (C/G)
`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
(F) (C/G) (D7) (G)
and the microphone smells like a beer
(C) (Em) (Am) (C/G)
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
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and say \"Man what are you doing here ?