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i've used this piano before...i knew the dining room/kitchen it's in always turns out 'muddy' pictures so i'd taken spot lamps to play around with lighting which in the end didn't work for me...Nurse Doo had shown me how to play around with the intensity of my onboard flash which is what i did...ok so i have a lot the learn about lighting but i'm not too unhappy with my first baby steps.

 

The Piano Man : Billy Joel

 

Its nine oclock on a saturday

The regular crowd shuffles in

Theres an old man sitting next to me

Makin 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

 

La la la, de de da

La la, de de da da da

 

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 feelin 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 the smile ran away from his face

Well Im 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 da

 

Now paul is a real estate novelist

Who never had time for a wife

And hes talkin with davy whos still in the navy

And probably will be for life

 

And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes, theyre sharing a drink they call loneliness

But its better than drinkin alone

 

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 feelin alright

 

Its a pretty good crowd for a saturday

And the manager gives me a smile

cause he knows that its me theyve 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 da

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