Joel, Billy - Piano Man Lyrics






It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
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."

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 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 a 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."

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 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 drinking 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've 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 a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doing here?"

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 feeling alright





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  1. S.... I....

    I am going to Kermit Suicid3

  2. 0.... d....

    NEEDS ONE MORE VERSE! !!! OR 2?

  3. P.... D....

    I love this song so cool I listen to it all the time

  4. B.... L....

    I didn’t know Jon taffer worked at a bar

  5. S.... D....

    This remains the best. even in 2020

  6. G.... S....

    Everyone gangsta till piano man comes on

  7. Y.... ....

    Great song. Great meme

  8. R.... M....

    B A N G E R

  9. L.... M....

    Sadly Billy Joel is now completely BALD and if it can happen to him it can happen to anyone. I was completely BALD and CURED my HAIR LOSS with this totally NEW and ALTERNATIVE method. If you are tired of the OLD and FAILED ideas of the mainstream medical profession I strongly urge you to go to www.BornAgainHair.com to learn about this cure which for the FIRST time in history explains with simple LOGIC and plain COMMON SENSE THAT the real cause of HAIR LOSS is a reduction in the BLOOD flow to the hair follicles. It teaches you how to treat it using NO DRUGS, NO LOTIONS and NO SURGERY.

  10. D.... ....

    *I’m going to Kermit suicide*

  11. S.... ....

    Put this on my funeral

  12. B.... T....

    Damn these suicide animals are out of control

  13. �.... ....

    노래 들을때마다 감동이다...
    첫 소절 들을때 진짜 금요일 9시 같은 느낌이 듬

  14. d.... ....

    My teacher played this on the guitar





    He is now the guitar man

  15. y.... d....

    A rust player lead me here.

  16. L.... ....

    ......Sad :c

  17. R.... R....

    WOW!!!TY:)

  18. T.... G....

    Always if i listen again and watch the comments, they get more likes

  19. A.... R....

    I’m such a big family of Billy Joel. I have my mom to thank for it. He is such a talented man.

  20. a.... s....

    Where's my cheese and piano

  21. A.... ....

    back when we could smoke in bars...I remember those days. long long ago,.

  22. R.... S....

    "After a long day... Nay. After a long road, I look back. Was the work worth it? What has it become-What have I become?

    ...Perhaps now...Maybe right now simply doesn't mean to work, but rather what it becomes after it is done...

    Maybe instead, the moment tells me to see the work that got me here. What I've done with life. Work is work, but more importantly, work is done. For now... If that's so, then nothing quite matters at this point.

    Nothing but a song for a long road of work.

    ...All done...

    Nothing important to worry about now then. That's for tomorrow. Perhaps for when the fat lady sings..."

  23. E.... F....

    I don't know if it makes me feel better or worse but I love this song

  24. M.... D....

    This is how many people who thinks that Director Dexter Fletcher should direct and Pitch Perfect and Netflix original series The Politician Star Ben Platt should play Billy Joel while the singer produce or executive produce the biographical drama musical film about his life and career called “PianoMan”. Distributed by Sony/ Columbia 🗽 Pictures.
    👇🏽

  25. �.... ....

    He is
    legend of legend

  26. O.... ....

    Billy Joel: It’s nine o’ clock on a Saturday, regular crowd shuffles in...

    Elton John: ITS SEVEN O’ CLOCK AND I WANNA ROCK! SATURDAY NIGHTS ALRIGHT!

  27. N.... d....

    great memes aside, i love the song

  28. J.... D....

    Wait

    This guy sang a song about singing




    DOES HE KNOWS HE IS EVEN SINGING!?

  29. M.... ....

    I’m 37 and found out this isn’t by Elton John yesterday

  30. J.... D....

    0:08 when you spend 2 hours finding your phone but you were sitting on it

    J.... D....

    Thanks, that's gonna happen in my head whenever this occurs for the rest of my days

  31. S.... G....

    The 0:03 to 0:16 part summs my life in some way :v.

  32. W.... _....

    He smokes during his music video😂

  33. j.... ....

    Such talent ... he is my piano man still 2020.
    One great album after another .....

  34. F.... 1....

    That moment when the song is named "piano man" but the harmonica gets all the fame

    * 0:08 starts playing *

  35. J.... M....

    Billy looks like Tackleberry from the Police Academy movies.

  36. Z.... P....

    I automatically subscribed and liked when I heard there was hermonica instead of a piano

  37. C.... D....

    I had no idea what the name of that song was so I literally just deadbutt searched "that one harmonica song people use in their memes" and it brought me here.
    I love YouTube's algorithm.

  38. C.... H....

    This song is about Misery love company 2020 Great Song !

  39. G.... B....

    It’s fucking sunday

  40. m.... g....

    The harmonicas solo made me cry

  41. z.... l....

    you lost your phone
    0:07
    tu perd ton portable

  42. E.... E....

    It's 2020, and Davy is still in the navy

  43. k.... d....

    if this is 1973 that means hes 24 here but he looks like hes in his 30s

  44. 1.... s....

    "songs that excite the white folk" lol

  45. J.... M....

    *CARAY QUE RECUERDOS Y NO ME CANSO DE ESCUCHARLA HOY 12 DE ENERO DEL 2020*

  46. N.... 2....

    What a iconic song man! Thanks for your music! 🙏😁

  47. S.... B....

    4:22 that's what I did after I got drafted

  48. S.... B....

    The bar is the bar you imagine where your crush and you go. You sing a song and everyone joins in. But then you think of the bar in Star Wars.

  49. S.... B....

    Me and the boys sang this song as we browsed through the decades old memes.

  50. m.... y....

    I always come back to this song. Living in a city is tough. Missing my simple life where i growed up but always bump me up that i choose to live like this.

  51. k.... ....

    Stand user: billy joel
    stand: piano man
    stand power: able to describe things making them real
    *note he needs to make this into a song, the things he describes become stronger the more tune is involved. There are multiple piano-men in his family, none are as strong as his though.

  52. W.... M....

    Still g in 2020

  53. M.... M....

    This was my late husband's favorite to sing at karaoke. He did Billy Joel justice. I miss him.

  54. G.... a....

    In times of crisis, in times of depression, in times of need, in times of joy, in times of happiness, it stays and is a good song.

  55. M.... I....

    Watchmen vibes...

  56. j.... k....

    This one reminds me of a sad song but i just can't remember which one

  57. P.... ....

    Now I want to learn to play harmonica

  58. E.... S....

    Suicide Jumping Frog

  59. A.... M....

    Intro [0:00]
    Verse [0:30]
    Pre-chorus [1:14]
    Chorus [1:26]
    Verse [1:56]
    Pre Chorus [2:30]
    Verse [2:43]
    Piano Solo [3:25]
    Chorus [3:41]
    Verse [4:11]
    Pre-Chorus [4:45]
    Chorus [4:57]
    Outro [5:12]

  60. l.... f....

    Brooklyn Nine Nine tbh 😅❤️

  61. L.... S....

    I found this song by looking up "ear rape harmonica song" I'm glad I did this song is to amazing to have it be turned into a meme

  62. �.... ....

    한국인 아무도 없어요?

  63. J.... G....

    Me gusta más la del liran roll

  64. Y.... 1....

    We need a billy and Kermit colab

  65. E.... ....

    Hello Taylor Nicholas

  66. 1.... ....

    I- uh- I’m already disappointed in myself for it but I come from tiktok

  67. P.... O....

    “After laughter comes tears”

  68. J.... B....

    Music has changed nothing made now actually sounds good or means anything but this is amazing

    J.... B....

    @deeps mered mess no sir

    J.... B....

    @Jameson Ball damn, you got me

  69. �.... ....

    0:07 발젭 생각나서 들옴 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  70. _.... S....

    “There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin”

    Old man making love to his tonic and gin: 😔

    _.... S....

    Woa guys, thats so sad im in tears

  71. c.... d....

    😍😍😘Alavaro Lopez...😍😍😍😍 Q música Billy

  72. f.... m....

    ALMERIA ANDALUCIA ESPAÑA ENERO 2020.

  73. T.... S....

    Who threw something at John and what was it

  74. T.... C....

    When you're so gangster you say "Bread" instead of "Dough"

  75. J.... D....

    Play this at my funeral or else I won’t show up


    I’m not joking

    J.... D....

    Stolen comment. Be original.

    J.... D....

    Sry it is to good

  76. P.... T....

    Still a classic!

  77. s.... d....

    What Billy Joel would say if he knows his song was going to be a meme? I also don't know if he's dead or alive, assuming to the design and quality of the video, but he has good music tho.

  78. C.... K....

    0:08 yeah

  79. M.... F....

    Hard to believe that this Billy Joel classic has survived for 47 years - Congrats Billy my friend!

  80. E.... 8....

    thx for reminding me my life sucks

  81. l.... l....

    ❤❤❤❤

  82. N.... S....

    This song always brings a smile to my face

    N.... S....

    Nathan Sakulich really it always makes me have a depressing existential crisis before scrolling through comments to distract myself

    N.... S....

    @Maxwell Austin ... Then y do u listen to it

    N.... S....

    @Nathan Sakulich well it makes me sad as well, but it's good to be sad sometimes because if you don't "release" it from time to time you are carrying this burden with you all the time. I know it sounds weird, but feeling bad makes me feel better sometimes.

  83. C.... Z....

    One tree hill brought me here

  84. T.... ....

    I wish I could understand the deep meaning of this song,but darn.its still fire.

  85. H.... [....

    Voices of crowd is one of the important instrument of this song. When billy sing it with crowd together, it really touch my heart.

  86. J.... d....

    be me, listen this while waiting america to strike again to iran

  87. P.... M....

    The haramonica was a classic on video clip memes XD this song is good for me sucking in life.... seriously I have friends but no one talks to me T_T life actually sucks

  88. s.... k....

    I'm here because of Vinny's Untitled Goose Game video made me want to hear this song

  89. S.... W....

    I did karaoke to this song at a party the other night and literally got chills when the girls joined in ❤️

  90. C.... R....

    I don’t understand why there are 25K dislikes

  91. B.... R....

    Meu vô morreu

  92. A.... W....

    is this changes by david bowie?

  93. C.... E....

    Nicely done

  94. S.... N....

    今天才接触到 Billy Joel,才知道 Piano Man 是他唱的,真好听,谢谢!
    这首歌儿下的评论,好有意思。

  95. p.... L....

    항상 들을때마다 가슴 설레이고 언젠가 제가 꼭 피아노와 함께 노래하고 싶은 곡입니다.