PIANO MAN BILLY JOEL

This is a song from the 70s. You may think it is too old but music is never old. It is good or bad. An this is a good song. Here are some opinions of listeners.

“All these good people here in the comment section have a great taste of music. "Music" of this generation will never get this good.”

“Okay so I'm 16 and I know you'll all say how I'm just another kid who "appreciates older music" well I have something to say... My mom who's quite older hates the late 70's through the 90's. I actually like this music a lot. Billy Joel, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, they're all great. Don't get me wrong the music played today is good but nothing will ever beat songs like these. No one will ever play the guitar as good as Slash, no one will sing better than Billy Joel, this generation of music is just very unique to me...”

“I'm 14 years old and I get chills when I first heard this song. How come this generation's music doesn't give the same feeling?”

“Even though I was born in '99, I don't claim to be a 90's kid because, honestly I'm not. Whoa I spent a few months in the 90's. But I can also be honest about something else, just because I'm not a 90's kid or born before that doesn't mean I cant enjoy the same music as you. I'm not being "obnoxious or being a "hipster." I'm just enjoying some music that was before my time. It's fantastic. I'm not quite sure why people get mad when they find out I listen to a bit of older music. Music is music, if it's good, it's good. Just listen to it and be happy :)”

With a partner, read the lyrics and think what the missing words could be. Each one rhymes with the previous underlined word .

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  ……………..
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 ……………..

La la la de de da la la lade 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 feelin'  ……………..

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  ……………..
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  ……………..

Oh, la la la de de da, la la de de da da dum

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 ……………..

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 drinking ……………..

Chorus:

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  ……………...
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 doin'  ……………..?"

La la la de de da, la la de de da da du                        Chorus: