Tags: I see it this way!

Naji is about 4 months old in this picture. No, he doesn't play the piano yet but my grandson probably will one day. He loves music. In fact, sometimes when he's irritable, music calms him. He like salsa and reggae. Maya, his mom, used to play that very piano every day. For some reason while thinking of a title for this post the words piano man kept coming to mind. It seems pianist Billy Joel once recorded a song about a piano man. Here are the lyrics: ----------- -------------- ------------------ --------------- It's nine o'clock on a Saturday 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 mans clothes" La la la, de de da La la, de de 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 he'll 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, de de da La la, de de 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, de de da La la, de de 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