关注普通人的Piano Man

2007.07.26

我一直认为Billy Joel不仅是一个伟大的艺术家，而且是一个伟大的人文主义者。

Billy Joel一直是在为社会中的普通人歌唱，唱他们的理想、命运、失意、愤怒、快乐和忧伤。

我第一次听Billy Joel的Piano Man，是刚流浪到纽约不久，顿有“同时天涯路沦落人，相逢何必曾相识”的感觉，青衫也湿了。

YouTube上Billy Joel的Piano Man的MTV视频：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ1_M_L_RSI&mode=related&search=

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Piano Man 歌词

Artist(Band): Billy Joel

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 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 yonger man's cloths."

La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Chorus:
Sing us a song, you are the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feelin' 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 some place that he'd rather be
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 place"

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' 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 drinkin' alone

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 got us all 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 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 da da
La la, di da 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 got us all feeling alright

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