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 na-- na---
na- na-- na-
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 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 na--
na--- na- na-- na-
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
give 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
Oh- na-- na---
na- na-- na-
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-

Well today
I'm so weary
Today I'm
so blue
Sad and
broken hearted
And it's all
because of you
Life was
so sweet dear
Life was
a song
Now you've gone
and left me
Oh where
do I belong
And it's
all for the love
Of a dear
little girl
All for
the love
That sets your heart
in a whirl
I'm a man
who'd give his life
And the joys
of this world
All for the love
of a girl

And it's
all for the love
Of a dear
little girl
All for
the love
That sets your heart
in a whirl
I'm a man
who'd give his life
And the joys
of this world
All for the love
of a girl

A hot summer night
fell like a net
I've gotta find
my baby yet
I need you
to soothe my head
Turn my blue
heart to red
Doctor doctor
give me the news
I've got a bad case
of loving you
No pill's gonna
cure my ill
I've got a bad case
of loving you-
A pretty face don't
make no pretty heart
I learned that
buddy from the start
you thing I'm cute
a little bit shy
Momma I ain't
that kind of guy
Doctor doctor
give me the news
I've got a bad case
of loving you
No pill's gonna
cure my ill
I've got a bad case
of loving you-

I know you like it
you like it on top
Tell me momma are
you gonna stop-
You had me down
2 1 to zip
smile of judas
on your lip
shake my fist
knock on wood
I've got it bad
and I've got it good
Doctor doctor
give me the news
I've got a bad case
of loving you
No pill's gonna
cure my ill
I've got a bad case
of loving you-

I am sailing
I am sailing
home again
'cross the sea
I am sailing
stormy waters
To be near you
to be free
I am flying
I am flying
like a bird
'cross the sky
I am flying
passing high clouds
To be with you
to be free
Can you hear me
Can you hear me
Through the dark night
far away
I am dying
forever trying
To be with you
Who can say
Can you hear me
Can you hear me
Through the dark night
far away
I am dying
Forever trying
To be with you
who can say-

We are sailing
We are sailing
Home again
'cross the sea
We are sailing
Stormy waters
To be near you
to be free
Oh Lord
to be near you
To be free
Oh Lord
to be near you
To be free
Oh Lord
to be near you
to be free
Oh Lord-

Someone told me
long ago
There's a calm
before the storm
I know it's been
comin' for some time
When it's over
so they say
It'll rain
a sunny day
I know shinin' down
like water
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day
Yesterday and
days before
Sun is cold
and rain is hard
I know been that way
for all my time
'Til forever
on it goes
Through the circle
fast and slow
I know it can't stop
I wonder
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day yeah-
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day-

I can see the pain
living in your eyes
And I know how
hard you try
You deserve to have
so much more
I can feel your hurt
and I sympathize
And I'll never
critisize
All you ever meant
to my life-
I don't want to
let you down
I don't want to
lead you on
I don't want to
hold you back from
Where you might
belong
You would
never ask me why
My heart is
so disguised
I just can't
live a lie anymore
I would- rather
hurt myself
Than to ever
make you cry
There's nothing
left to say
But goodbye
ah- goodbye-
You deserve a chance
at the kind of love
I'm not sure I'm
worthy of
Losing you is painful
for me
I don't want to
let you down
I don't want to
lead you on
I don't want to
hold you back
From where you
might belong
You would never
ask me why
My heart is
so disguised
I just can't
live a lie anymore
I would rather
hurt myself
Than to ever
make you cry
There's nothing
left to say-
But
goodbye-

You would never
ask me why
My hurt is
so disguised
I just can't
live a lie anymore
I would- rather
hurt myself
Than to ever
make you cry
There's nothing
left you try
No it's gonna
hurt us both
There's no other way
than to say goodbye
Uhm----
goodbye-

Met you by surprise
I didn't realize
That my life would
change forever
Saw you standing there
I didn't know I cared
There was
something special
In the air
dreams are my reality
The only kind of
real fantasy
Illusions are
a common thing
I try to live
in dreams
It seems as
if it's meant to be
Dreams are
my reality
A different kind
of reality
I dream of loving
in the night
And loving
seems alright
Although
it's only fantasy-

If you do exist
honey don't resist
Show me a new way
of loving
Tell me that it's true
show me what to do
I feel
something special
About you
dreams are my reality
The only kind
of reality
Maybe my foolishness
has past
And maybe now at last
I'll see
How a real thing
can be
Dreams are
my reality
A wonderous world
where I like to be
I dream of holding you
all night
And holding you
seems right
Perhaps that's
my reality-

Met you by surprise
I didn't realize
That my life would
change forever
Tell me that it's true
feelings that are cue
I feel
something special
About you
dreams are my reality
A wonderous world
where I like to be
Illusions are
a common thing
I try to live
in dreams
Although
it's only fantasy
Dreams are
my reality
I like to dream of you
close to me
I dream of loving
in the night
And loving you
seems right
Perhaps that's
my reality-

By the rivers
of Babylon
There we sat down
yeah we wept
When we remembered
Zion
By the rivers
of Babylon
There we sat down
yeah we wept
When we remembered
Zion
When the wicked
carried us away
In captivity required
from us a song
Now how shall we sing
the lord's song
In a strange land
when the wicked
Carried us away
in captivity
Required from us
a song
Now how shall we sing
the lord's song
In a strange
land-

Let the words
of our mouth
And the meditations
of our heart
Be acceptable
in thy sight
Here tonight-
let the words
Of our mouth
and the meditations
Of our hearts
be acceptable
In thy sight
here tonight-
By the rivers
of Babylon
There we sat down
yeah we wept
When we remembered
Zion
By the rivers
of Babylon
There we sat down
yeah we wept
When we remembered
Zion
By the rivers
of Babylon
There we sat down
yeah we wept
When we remembered
Zion
By the rivers
of Babylon-

If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
yeah I love myself
But I hate this city
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
Drown myself
in champagne tears
Yeah I know too much
at 19 years
They took my soul
as a souvenir
But the show
goes on
Beach blonde hair
on the bathroom floor
'Cause I don't wanna
be her no more
But they keep banging
on the hotel door
So the show
goes on
If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
yeah I love myself
But I hate this city
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
yeah all eyes on me
Like I'm 07 Britney
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
Take what's left
of my confidence
And
I hold it high
Even though
I'm spending
Surrounded by people
building me up
10,000 feet just
to watch me fall off
You're dxxxxx
if you do
You're dxxxxx
if you don't
You're dxxxxx
if you will
You're dxxxxx
if you won't
But the show
goes on
If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
yeah I love myself
But I hate this city
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
yeah all eyes on me
Like I'm 07 Britney
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
Woo woo
woo
If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
make the Hall of Shame
Are you coming with me
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
yeah I love myself
But I hate this city
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
If I'm gonna
break down
I'ma break down pretty
yeah all eyes on me
Like I'm 07 Britney
oh why
I'm running out
of crazy
Are you entertained
yet
Woo woo woo
(the show goes on)

Perhaps love is like
a resting place
A shelter
from the storm
It exists to give you
comfort it is
There to keep you Warm
And in those times
of trouble when
you are most alone
The memory of love will
bring you home
Perhaps love
is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you
to come closer
It Wants
to show you more
And even if you
lose yourself
and don't know
what to do
The memory of love will
see you thru
Oh love to some is
like a cloud
To some
as strong as steel
For some a way
of living For
some a way to feel
And some say love
is holding on
And some say
letting go
And some say love
is ev'rything
some say they
don't know
perhaps love
is like the ocean
Full of conflict
full of pain
Like a fire
When it's cold outside
Thunder when
it rains If I should
live forever
And all my dreams
come true
My memories
of love will
be of you.

And some say love is
holding on
And some say
letting go
And some say love
is ev'rything
some say they
don't know
Perhaps love
is like the ocean
Full of conflict
full of pain
Like a fire
When it's cold outside
Thunder when
it rains If I should
live forever
And all my dreams
come true
My memories
of love will be of you.

I saw the light
on the night
that I passed by
her window
I saw the flickering
shadows of love
on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me
I watched and went
out of my mind
My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
I could see
that girl was
no good for me
But I was lost
like a slave
that no man could free
At break of day
when that man
drove away
I was waiting
I crossed the street
to her house and
she opened the door
She stood there
laughing
I felt the knife
in my hand
and she laughed
no more
My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
So before they come to
break down the door
Forgive me Delilah
I just couldn't
take any more

She stood there
laughing
I felt the knife
in my hand
and she laughed
no more
My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
So before they come to
break down the door
Forgive me Delilah
I just couldn't take
any more
Forgive me Delilah
I just couldn't
take any more

Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find
away to make you see
I love you Words
don't come easy
Words
don't come easy to me
This is the only way
for me to say
I love you Words
don't come easy
Well I'm
just a music man
Melodies for
my best friend
But my words
are coming along
Then I
I reveal my heart
to you and
Hope you believe
it's true cause
Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find away
to make you see
I love you Words
don't come easy
This is
just a simple song
That l've
made for you
on my own
There's on hidden
meaning you know
When I
When I say
I love you and honey
please believe
I really do cause-

Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find away
to make you see
I love you words
don't come easy
It isn't easy
Words don't come easy
Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find away
to make you see
I love you words
don't come easy
Don't come easy to me
This is the only way
for me to say
I love you
Words don't come easy-

Why does the sun
go on shining?
Why does the sea
rush to shore?
Don't they know
it's the end
of the world
Cause you don't love me
any more?
Why do the birds
go on singing?
Why do the stars
glow above?
Don't they know
it's the end
of the world
it ended when I lost
your love
I wake up in the
morning and I wonder
Why everything's
the same as it was
I can't understand
no I can't understand
How life goes
on the way it does!
Why does my heart
go on beating?
Why do these eyes
of mine cry?
Don't they know
it's the end
of the world
Cause ended
when you said
good-bye.

I wake up in the
morning and I wonder
Why everythings
the same as it was
I can't understand
no I can't understand
How life goes
on the way it does!
Why does my heart
go on beating?
Why do these eyes
of mine cry?
Don't they know
it's the end
of the world it ended
when you said good-bye.

Oh my heart
won't believe
that you have left me
I keep telling myself
that it's true
I can get over anything
you want my love
but I can't get myself
over you
Don't forget to
remember me
and the love that
used to be
I still remember you
I love you in my heart
lies a memory
To tell the stars above
Don't forget to
remember me my love
On my wall lies
a photograph
of you girl- -
though I try to forget
you somehow
You're the mirror
of my soul so take me
out of my whole let me
try to go on living
right now
Don't forget to
remember me
and the love that
used to be
I still remember you
I love you in my heart
lies a memory
To tell the stars above
Don't forget to
remember me
my love.

The old home town
looks the same
As I step down
from the train
And there to meet me
is my Mama and Papa
And down the road
I look and
There runs mary
Hair of gold and
Lips like cherries
It's good to touch
The green green
grass of home
Yes they'll all come
to meet me
Arms a reaching
smiling sweetly
It's good to touch
the green green
grass of home
The old house
is still standing
Though the paint
is cracked and dry
and there's that
Old oak tree that
I used to play on
Down the lane I walk
with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and
lips like cherries
It's good to touch the
green green
grass of home
Then I awake
And look around me
at four grey walls
That surround me
and I realize
Yes that I was only
dreamming
For there's a guard
and there's a sad
Old padre Arm in arm
we'll walk
At daybreak again
I'll touch the
Green green
grass of home
Yes they'll all come
to see me
In the shade of
that old oak tree
As they lay me
beneath the
Green green
grass of home-

25 years of my
life and still
I'm trying
to get up that
Great big
hill of hope
For a
destination
I realized
quickly
When I
knew I should
That the world was
made up of this
Brotherhood
of man
For whatever
that means
And so I
cry sometimes
When I'm
lying in bed
To still
get it all out
What's in
my head
Then I
I am feeling
A little
peculiar
And so I wake in the
morning and I step
Outside and I
take a deep breath
And I get
real high
Then I scream from the
top of my lungs
What's going on
and I say
Hey yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
I say hey
What's going on
and I say
Hey yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
I said hey
What's going on
woo woo
Woo woo woo woo woo
woo woo woo woo woo
Woo woo
woo woo woo woo woo
Woo woo
woo woo woo
And I try
oh my God do I try
I try all the time
in this institution
And I pray
oh my God do I pray
I pray every
single day
For a
revolution
And so I
cry sometimes
When I'm
lying in bed
To still
get it all out
What's in
my head
Then I
I am feeling
A little
peculiar
And so I wake in the
morning and I step
Outside and I
take a deep breath
And I get
real high
Then I scream from the
top of my lungs
What's going on
and I say
Hey yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
I say hey
What's going on
and I say
Hey yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
I said hey
What's going on
and I say
Hey yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
I say hey
What's going on
and I say
Hey yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
I said hey
What's going on
woo woo
Woo woo woo woo woo
woo woo woo woo woo
25 years of my
life and still
I'm trying
to get up that
Great big
hill of hope
For a
destination uhm

I'm so young and
you're so old
This my darling
l've been told
I don't care just
what they say
because forever
I will pray
you and I will
be as fiee
as the birds up
in the trees
Oh please stay by me
Diana.

Thrills I get
when you hold me close
oh my darling
you're the most
I love you
but do you love me?
oh Diana
can't you see
I love you
with a all my heart
and I hope we
will never part
Oh please
stay with me Diana.

Oh my darling
oh my lover
tell me that
there is on other
I love you
with my heart
Oh oh oh
oh oh-------
Only you can
take my heart
Only you can
tear it apart
When you hold me
in your loving arms
I can feel you giving
all your charms
Hold me darling
ho ho hold me tight
Squeeze me baby
with a all your might
Oh please
stay by me Diana
oh please Diana
oh please Diana.

One summer night
the stars were
Shining bright
one summer dream
Made with fancy whims
that summer night
My whole world
tumbled down
I could have died
if not for you
Each night
I pray for you
My heart would
cry for you
The sun won't
shine again
Since you have gone
each time
I think of you
my heart would
Beat for you
you are
The one
for me
Set me free like the
sparrows up the tree
Give a sign
so I would
Ease my mind
just say a word
And I'll come
running wild
Give me a chance
to live again
Each night
I pray for you
My heart would
cry for you
The sun won't
shine again
Since you have gone
each time
I think of you
my heart would
Beat for you
you are
The one
for me
One summer night
the stars were
Shining bright
one summer dream
Made with
fancy whims
That summer night
my whole world
Tumbled down
I could have died
If not for you
each night
I pray for you
my heart would
Cry for you
the sun won't
Shine
again
Since you
have gone
Each time
I think of you
My heart would
beat for you
You are the one
for me

Wherever you go
wherever you may
wander in your life
surely you know
I always want to be
there holding your hand
and standing by
to catch you
when you fall
seeing you thru
in ev'rything you do
Let me be there
in your morning
Let me be there
in your night
Let me change
whatever's wrong
and make it right
Let me take you through
that wonder land
that only two can share
All I ask you is
let me be
there.

Watching you grow
and going thru
the changes
in your life
that's how I know
I'll always want to be
there whenever
you feel you need
a friend to lean on
here I am
Whenever you call
you know I'll be there
Let me be there
in your morning
Let me be there
in your night
Let me change
whatever's wrong
and make it right
Let me take you through
that wonder land
that only two can share
All I ask you is
let me be there
Let me be there
in your morning
Let me be there
in your night
Let me change
whatever's wrong
and make it right
Let me take you through
that wonder land
that only two can share
All I ask you is
let me be there
All I ask you is
let me be there.

I'm not in love
so don't forget it
It's just
a silly phase
I'm going through
and just because
I call you up
don't get me wrong
Don't think
you've got it made
I'm not in love no no
it's because
I like to see you
but then again
That doesn't mean
you mean
That much to me
so if I call you
Don't make a fuss
don't tell
Your friends
about the two of us
I'm not in love
no no it's because-

I keep your picture
upon the wall
It hides a nasty stain
that's lying there
So don't you ask me
to give it back
I know you know
it doesn't mean
That much to me
I'm not in love
No no it's because ooh
you'll wait
A long time for me
ooh you'll wait
A long time
ooh you'll wait
A long time for me
ooh you'll wait
A long time
I'm not in love
So don't forget it
it's just
A silly phase
I'm going through
And just because
I call you up
Don't get me wrong
don't think
You've got it made
I'm not in love
I'm not
in love-