Billy Joel - Piano man - radio edit [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

It's eight o'clock here ON a Thursday

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 melody?

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, DA-da, da-DE-da...

Da-da, da-DE-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 feeling ALL right

Now, Gunther, the bar guy's a friend OF mine

He gets me lattes FOR free

And I think it would seem

THAT he loves Rachel Greene

But Ross is the guy WITH whom she'll be

He says, "Joey, I think this is killing me"

And the smile runs away FROM my face

Don't you know that I'm Chandler, and HE'S Joey

After all the years we've come TO this place?

La, DA-da, da-DE-da...

Da-da, da-DE-da, da-dum...

Now, Ross is a paleontologist

Who's about to divorce HIS fifth wife

And he's talking with Phoebe

And sounding SO needy

Hoping Rachel will come back for life

And the waitress who replaced Rachel spills a cup

Making Monica ever more uptight

Yes, we're sharing a life AS an "odd couple"

But it beats being alone... TO-night!

(BJ's incredible piano break

Accompanied by Phoebe's rudimentary guitar licks and

"La la la la-la, la-la...")

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 ALL right

It's a Central Perk crowd here ON a Thursday

And now Monica gives me a smile

Cause I know that it's me

When she says, "I'll 'do laundry'"

And I get me some wife for a while

And the piano sounds like a carnival

And the microphone smells like a beer

And Joey HAS gone away

And he's starring with Drea

Sayin', "Man, what am I doin' HERE?"

La, DA-da, da-DE-da...

Da-da, da-DE-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 feeling ALL right