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

29 Billy Joel - Pianoman
Piano Man - 1973

Esta es una canción interpretada por el cantante estadounidense Billy Joel. La canción narra de forma ficticia la vida de Joel después del fracaso de su primer álbum Cold Spring Harbor. Joel trabaja como pianista en un bar y conoce a varios personas quienes comparten con él sus fracasos.
Esta canción es además la que más se pide en los conciertos de Joel, en la que suele dejar al público participar como coro. Generalmente suele ser la canción con la que acaba el concierto



A pesar de mis vicisitudes en la vida, siempre estuve rodeados de personas increíbles. Recuerdo perfectamente allá a principios de los 80 escuchar en la tele a un cantante argentino cantar una versión en castellano y yo exclame "Que buena canción esa, por fin alguien que sabe hacer música" y mi amigo de aquel entonces me corrigió de inmediato"No seas tarado, esa es una Billy Joel". Para eso son las amigos... para insultarnos con amor!


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

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

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

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

Compositores: Billy Joel