[Intro] Mr. Piano Man [Refrain] Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man [Verse 1] Do you have a request book handy, I can flip through? "I do," he said, "My name is Rodney, good to meet you." "What do you wanna hear tonight?" He asked me I said, "Something I can feel inside." "I got what you need, I know exactly..." Why don't we give this a try? [Chorus] Play me a song about heartache I promise I can sing every word, Mr. Piano Man Play me a song about love lost That's another one everyone's heard Strike up the band We can have the whole world singing tonight We can have the whole world singing tonight I know we can have the whole world singing tonight We can have the whole world singing tonight, Mr. Piano Man [Refrain] Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man [Verse 2] He played a song filled with sadness, I believed him Each note was drippin' with madness, I could see it We were lost in the music, everyone knew it Truth was in the air tonight I could see all the faces, they started to say it Won't you please... [Chorus] Play me a song about heartache I promise I can sing every word, Mr. Piano Man Play me a song about love lost That's another one everyone's heard Strike up the band We can have the whole world singing tonight We can have the whole world singing tonight I know we can have the whole world singing tonight We can have the whole world singing tonight, Mr. Piano Man [Refrain] Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man [Bridge] He was going for hours People cryin' showers No one ever really tells how it is I sang about the hopeless Cause everyone knows it, knows it And it was so honest Finally breathin' some clean air Been through it and seen it I've witnessed all the pain And the spotlight was fading, he just kept on playing, oh-oh [Chorus] Play me a song about heartache I promise I can sing every word, Mr. Piano Man Play me a song about love lost That's another one everyone's heard Strike up the band We can have the whole world singing tonight We can have the whole world singing tonight I know we can have the whole world singing tonight We can have the whole world singing tonight, Mr. Piano Man [Refrain] Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for us, Mr. Piano Man Play a song for love, Mr. Piano Man