The regular crowd shuffles in
Theres an old man sittin next to me
Makin love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son can you play me a memory?
Im not really sure how it goes
But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger mans clothes"
La, la-la, di-di-da La-la di-di-da da-dum
Sing us a song, youre the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, were all in the mood for a melody
And youve got us feelin alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And hes quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke
But theres some place that hed rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As a smile ran away from his face
"Well, Im sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Oh, la, la-la, di-di-da La-la di-di-da da-dum
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And hes talkin with Davy, whos still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, theyre sharing a drink they call loneliness
But its better than drinkin alone
Sing us the song, youre the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, were all in the mood for a melody
And youve got us feelin alright
Its a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
Cause he knows that its me theyve 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-di-da La-la di-di-da da-dum
Sing us the song, youre the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, were all in the mood for a melody
And youve got us feelin alright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
比利·喬（英語：英語：Billy Joel），全名威廉·馬丁·比利·喬（英語：William Martin "Billy" Joel，1949年5月9日－） 是一位美國歌手、鋼琴演奏家，唱作人。
因同名歌曲在比利的生涯中非常具代表性，所以通常被暱稱做「鋼琴師」，自1970年代以來，他以獨奏藝術家的身分在商業上取得了成功，從1971年至1993年發行了12張流行專輯以及在2001年發行了一張古典專輯， 他的唱片銷量排名全球第六名、美國第三名。全球唱片銷量累計超過一億張。 他1985年發行的《精選輯 Vol. I & II》，是美國銷量最好的唱片之一。他的歌曲於七十至九十年代都進入過排行榜前十名，六次獲得葛萊美獎。
比利·喬就讀於希克斯維勒高中直到1967年，不過，他並沒有完成他的學業。母親入不敷支，於是，他去了一個鋼琴酒吧工作，幫補家計。這影響到他參加課堂的機會。有一次，因為前一晚深夜他在鋼琴酒吧裡演出，他錯過了一個關鍵的英語考試。雖然比利是一個上進的學生，在高中三年級那年年底，他沒有足夠的學分令他畢業。比利沒有參加暑期班以完成學業，而決定開始音樂生涯：「我告訴他們，管它呢！我不打算進入哥倫比亞大學，我要去哥倫比亞唱片公司，在那裏你不需要高中文憑。」比利最終與哥倫比亞簽署唱片合約。二十五年後的1992年，他提交論文給母校的學校董事會，經過評核之後，於畢業典禮上獲得他的文憑。
