私の美樂地

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"

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 a 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"

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 gives 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 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?"

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


週末的我偶爾會去熟悉的小酒吧

人群之中

笑鬧，放懷高歌，掌聲下我享受那時的歡樂

醉翁之意不在酒.....在麥克風下幾分鐘的人生片段

在每一個酒客身上的故事

在一次又一次眼前的歡笑背後的蒼涼與真實



記得有次

旁邊的酒客問我

會唱Piano Man嗎

我笑著遲疑了一下

這首歌

除了不太熟外

我唱不出那種看盡人間百態的酒吧琴手的瀟灑與滄桑



Billy Joel早年偶爾在紐約小酒吧中彈琴維生

看盡了酒吧中世事百態

有感而發寫出了這首動人的歌曲

1973年底發行了首張專輯Piano Man

1974年開春以這首歌打入排行榜前三十名

成功地為他的歌唱事業開啟一個新的里程碑



我想

該好好學這首歌了