Billy Joel

Its nine oclock on a Saturday

The regular crowd shuffles in

Theres an old man sitting next to me

Making love to his tonic and gin

He says， “Son can you play me a memory

Im not really sure how it goes

But its sad and its sweet

And I knew it complete

When I wore a younger mans clothes”

* Sing us a song youre the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well were all in the mood for a melody

And youve got us feeling alright *

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine

He gets me my drinks for free

And hes quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

But theres someplace that hed rather be

He says， “Bill， I believe this is killing me”

As a smile ran away from his face

“Well， Im sure that I could be a movie star

If I could get out of this place”

Now Paul is a real estate novelist

Who never had time for a wife

And hes talking with Davy， whos still in the Navy

And probably will be for life

现在是周六晚上九点

人群如往常涌入酒吧

有位老头儿坐在我的旁边

正与他的琴东尼酒缠绵

他说，“孩子，你给我弹一段吧

我已记不太清它的旋律

它是悲伤的，是甜蜜的

曾经它在我脑海中是那么清晰

当我还是个年轻小伙的时候”

* 钢琴手，给我们来一曲吧

为今晚高歌一曲

我们都是来听歌的

你弹得棒极了 *

酒保约翰是我的朋友

他给我免费的酒水

讲笑话或是点烟，他都很机灵

但他还有让他神往的地方

他说，“比尔，再这样下去我就毁了……”

笑容从他的脸上褪去

“嗯，如果能离开这鬼地方

我肯定能成为电影明星”

保罗是位有着作家梦的房产经纪人

忙碌工作顾不上娶妻

和他交谈的小伙子是戴维，还在海军服役

或许将终生效力海军

5：38 VS 4：33 VS 3：05

最初《Piano Man》样带的长度是5分38秒，唱片公司的制作人们听后觉得太长，不易营销宣传，便有了4分33秒的版本，而比利在另一首歌《The Entertainer》中还自嘲为了上电台放送打榜，歌曲还有过更精简的版本：“It was a beautiful song / But it ran too long/ If youre gonna have a hit / You gotta make it fit / So they cut it down to 3：05”，这期因为音频制作原因也只能为大家放送4分33秒的版本，但我们的歌词是不减量的噢，希望大家能喜欢。

And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes theyre sharing a drink they call loneliness

But its better than drinking alone

Repeat *

Its a pretty good crowd for a Saturday

And the manager gives me a smile

Cause he knows that its me theyve been coming to see

To forget about life for a while

And the piano 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？”

Repeat *

女侍应耍着小花招

将商人们灌醉

他们同饮一杯叫“寂寞”的酒

但总好过独自浇愁

重复 *

这是个热闹的周六夜

经理给了我一个满意的笑容

因为他知道客人们都是为我而来

为了暂时忘却生活的烦恼

跳动的琴键像是在狂欢

连麦克风也有股啤酒的味道

吧台上的客人们将小费放进我的罐子里

问道，“哥们，你怎么会在这种地方弹琴？