Piano Man - Billy Joel

開始聽billy joel的歌是佢出最後一張pop album, river of dream時. 當時在收音機聽到一個專門介紹billy joel的特輯, 便因為honesty這首歌喜歡billy joel. 而billy joel最受歡迎的一首歌應是這首piano man.

這個mtv我今日才第一次看, 覺得都幾特別, 好少mtv好似佢咁把歌的內容做返曬出來. 我英文不太好, 尤其是俚語. 歌詞有一句「put bread in my jar」我聽左十幾年都唔明佢講乜, 係早幾年先有高人教我這句解「把小費放進我的兜兜」. 如果一早看到這個music video, 可能唔使困擾我咁多年了.

video最後一幕寫bill martin, 我又係因為咁先知原來佢真名叫william martin joel.

歌詞:
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 younger man's clothes."

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've got us 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 someplace 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 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 feeling alright