It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in And there's an old man sitting next to me Making 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 la la la la ♪ Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight 'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody And you got us feeling 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 But I'm sure that I could be a movie star If I could get out of this place La la la la la la la Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight 'Cause 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 coming to see To forget about life for a while And the piano it sounds like a carnival And the microphone smells like beer And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar Saying, man, what are you doing here La la la la la la la Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight 'Cause we're all in the mood for a melody And you got us feeling alright You got us feeling alright