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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, di da da
La la, di di da da dum

Chorus:
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 all feelin' 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 and he'll light up your smoke
But there's some place that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As his 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, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

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 gets stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

Chorus
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 got us all feeling 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 their life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore
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, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Chorus:
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 got us all feeling alright

       這首歌是美國歌手Billy Joel於1973所發行的單曲,也是他第一首受到廣大樂迷好評的一首歌。這首歌是把真實人物小說化,其實是在講他自己的經歷,在當歌手發行第一張專輯並不是很好的時候,他在洛杉磯的酒吧駐唱,他個人失敗的經歷都寫在這首歌中。這首歌是寫一位鋼琴師在酒吧注意每一個人,他們都有未實現的夢,而這位鋼琴師似乎有責任,讓他們暫時忘記生活的不愉快。

 

阿德聽感:這首歌真的太好聽了,我在大學買了他的專輯,當時不斷地的聽,甚至用吉他學了兩三首他的歌,當然包括這一首,看來我現在要在我的CD中尋找過往的記憶了。

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