Can you name the lyrics to Billy Joel's 'Piano Man'? by sproutcm

Can you name the lyrics to Billy Joel's 'Piano Man'?

created by sproutcm

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Billy Joel's 'Piano Man' Quiz

by sproutcm

Created Dec 5, 2011 in Music
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	roseman:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 04:14 GMT	34 points
	Does anyone else think how lyrically fortuitous Billy Joel was, that Davy was in the Navy and not some other line of the military, let alone another job entirely.

	Tahnan:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 04:32 GMT	22 points
	Don't be silly, roseman! He could have been a chef who made gravy, or an op artist who made things wavy, or...um, a barber who liked it when people were shavy...

	DiegoSanchez:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 04:33 GMT	11 points
	You can't fight the urge to sing along

	druhutch:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 04:41 GMT	14 points
	Aw, you have touched my heart, sproutcm. This has to be one of the only songs in the world that I know every word to. (Except the words 'yes' and 'or', apparently.) Favoriting. @roseman, Tahnan: I'd always more admired Paul for his offbeat "Real Estate Novelist" career.

	JWJr:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 06:46 GMT	2 points
	How'd I miss "well"? 5 globes anyway. :)

	michaelm:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 12:25 GMT	4 points
	This is absolutely my favourite song. 5 globes and a favourite.

	shakirafan:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 15:21 GMT	11 points
	Interesting to look back at songs that were huge hits, peaked at #1 and nobody listens to today and compare them to songs like this that peaked at #25 and only spent four weeks on the top 40 charts, yet would surely be ranked in the top 100 greatest songs of all time!

	vamsi:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 15:44 GMT	7 points
	Wow, my whole life I thought it was "the piano sounds like a carnivore"!

	brownstown511:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 17:00 GMT	8 points
	You know it's a good song when almost half of the people taking the quiz know 95% of the words to the song. Probably half couldn't get 95% of the words of the Star Spangled Banner....

	Tommy_C:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 17:11 GMT	1 point
	I went to look (it's a quiz of course), and in fact 40% know all the words the 50% know 95% or more of the words to the Star Spangled Banner, so it's close to a tie.

	lukebradford:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 17:14 GMT	5 points
	So great to see this. A classic song and a well-done quiz.

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	sproutcm:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 21:00 GMT	1 point
	@txsfn471 According to the dictionary: Main Entry:alright Function:adverb or adjective Date:1887 : ALL RIGHT usage The one-word spelling alright appeared some 75 years after all right itself had reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the early 20th century some critics have insisted alright is wrong, but it has its defenders and its users. It is less frequent than all right but remains in common use especially in journalistic and business publications. It is quite common in fictional dialogue, and is used occasionally in other writing the first two years of medical school were alright -Gertrude Stein

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Dec 6th, 2011 at 21:04 GMT

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Ran out of time for the last few words.

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	strags11:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 02:03 GMT	1 point
	@shakirafan: When it comes to music, or any form of art for that matter, the only test that matters is the test of time. This song passed it with flying colors.

	WCRoentgen:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 02:18 GMT	3 points
	always thought it was the singular "businessman".

	Theron:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 02:52 GMT	16 points
	@chriskotx: Because the point is that the real estate novelist is like John the bartender and the waitress... he works in real estate, but he's still dreaming of the day he'll hit it big as a novelist. It's another piece of the theme of all these sad, lonely and disappointed people gathered in this bar listening to the Piano Man to forget about their lives for awhile.

	statephone:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 02:55 GMT	3 points
	well put, Theron.

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	dragon86:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 06:31 GMT	1 point
	Not a big Billy Joel fan, but this is one of those songs that I enjoy listening to.

	MrChewypoo:	Dec 8th, 2011 at 18:10 GMT	0 points
	Interesting, I've always thought it was "play me a melody". I've listened to this song a thousand times, funny how your mind just skips over things when it's sure it's right. And I learned how to spell "loneliness" today. Never stop learning! Faourited!

	WyvernSabres:	Dec 9th, 2011 at 21:05 GMT	2 points
	Either sproutcm has decided to make a series of quizzes based on my all-time favourite songs ("Love on a Farmboy's Wages" is probably not well enough known to make next, btw), or he has superlative taste. Probably both.

	docj72:	Dec 9th, 2011 at 23:30 GMT	1 point
	Dang, forgot the name of the real estate novelist. :(

	survivorfan2000:	Dec 12th, 2011 at 23:05 GMT	2 points
	I love Billy Joel.

	alpha:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 16:59 GMT	1 point
	Missed "ran". Damn you for your grammatical incorrectness, Mr Joel. Five globes.

	Beanz57:	Dec 21st, 2011 at 23:45 GMT	2 points
	Such a brilliant song, the lyrics are something else. "They're sharing a drink they call loneliness but it's better than drinking alone" is my favourite line.

	GuardDuck:	Dec 23rd, 2011 at 02:50 GMT	1 point
	I can actually play this song on guitar... is that wrong?

	Megan129:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 07:26 GMT	0 points
	This quiz has also already been done previously....Sproutcm please make sure that you are not duplicating quizzes when you create them...you have done many quizzes that have already been done.

	sproutcm:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 16:20 GMT	1 point
	@Megan129 Once again, yes, several people have made "Fill-in-the-blank" quizzes or 'finish the line" given how it starts for 'Piano Man.' However, no one has every made a just tell me all the lyrics quiz, one word at a time, which is a very different and much more fun format. If you're going to complain on each of my quizzes, please check to see that I actually did something over, because I for sure looked at every quiz that contained the words "piano" and "man" before I made this one.

	voodoobozo:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 02:52 GMT	1 point
	PIANO MAN - My favorite quiz so far! My favorite song