Piano Man (Rehearsal Performance in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)-Billy Joel

[ti:Piano Man] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Music (Live)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Piano Man (Rehearsal Performance in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987) - Billy Joel [00:27.10]It's nine o'clock on a Saturday [00:29.29] [00:31.65]The regular crowd shuffles in [00:33.45] [00:35.18]There's an old man sitting next to me [00:37.73] [00:39.09]Makin' love to his tonic and gin [00:41.60] [00:53.53]He says Son can you play me a memory [00:56.11] [00:57.85]I'm not really sure how it goes [01:00.28] [01:01.85]But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete [01:04.93] [01:06.17]When I wore a younger man's clothes [01:08.26] [01:10.36]La la la de de da [01:12.83] [01:15.12]La la lade da da dum [01:18.79] [01:22.51]Sing us a song you're the piano man [01:24.85] [01:26.49]Sing us a song tonight [01:28.29] [01:30.34]Well we're all in the mood for a melody [01:32.68] [01:34.57]And you've got us feelin' alright [01:36.73] [01:52.82]Now John at the bar is a friend of mine [01:55.74] [01:57.11]He gets me my drinks for free [01:59.15] [02:00.89]And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke [02:04.15] [02:04.89]But there's someplace that he'd rather be [02:07.52] [02:11.08]He says Bill I believe this is killing me [02:13.77] [02:14.86]As the smile ran away from his face [02:17.59] [02:19.14]Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star [02:22.27] [02:23.27]If I could get out of this place [02:25.34] [02:27.03]Oh la la la de de da [02:29.51] [02:32.16]La la de de da da dum [02:35.92] [02:39.51]Now Paul is a real estate novelist [02:41.97] [02:43.60]Who never had time for a wife [02:45.94] [02:47.50]And he's talking with Davy who's still in the navy [02:50.84] [02:51.80]And probably will be for life [02:54.12] [03:05.93]And the waitress is practicing politics [03:08.22] [03:09.60]As the businessmen slowly get stoned [03:12.07] [03:13.35]Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness [03:16.46] [03:17.48]But it's better than drinking alone [03:19.68] [03:36.93]Sing us a song you're the piano man [03:39.32] [03:41.04]Sing us a song tonight [03:42.50] [03:44.74]Well we're all in the mood for a melody [03:47.39] [03:48.99]And you've got us feelin' alright