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| − | [[Piano Man]] by Billy Joel is considered Canon at multiple sites and is a great song. If you don't know all of the song, you should at least know the chorus. | + | [[Piano Man]] by Billy Joel, released in 1973, is considered Canon at multiple sites and is a great song. If you don't know all of the song, you should at least know the chorus. Many consider it [[Reunions#MIT Splash|MIT Splash]] Canon, following an occurrence at the 2015 Splash where Kenjiro Lee played it on speakers in Lobby 7, and was soon joined by a huge crowd of people singing along. |
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:17, 22 February 2018
Piano Man by Billy Joel, released in 1973, is considered Canon at multiple sites and is a great song. If you don't know all of the song, you should at least know the chorus. Many consider it MIT Splash Canon, following an occurrence at the 2015 Splash where Kenjiro Lee played it on speakers in Lobby 7, and was soon joined by a huge crowd of people singing along.
Lyrics
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 da da da dum
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 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"
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 businessmen 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 got us 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 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, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
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 feeling alright.
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