Piano Man

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Piano Man
(Sung by Billy Joel / LearningEnglish withmusic / Youtube)
♫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qs54BYz2pk&feature=em-share_video_user
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
- la foule habituelle entre lentement comme font
les gens quand ils sont nombreux
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' 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."
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
‘Cause, we're all in the mood for a melody
- nous sommes d’humeur / avons envie
And you've got us feelin' alright
- et vous nous mettez à l’aise
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
- il me procure des boissons gratis
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
- et il peut rapidement faire une plaisanterie ou
allumer votre clope
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
- mais il y a un endroit où il préfèrerait être
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
- pendant que son sourire disparaissait de son visage
"Cause I know that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
- si seulement je pouvais me sauver/quitter cet endroit
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Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
‘Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
- un soi-disant écrivain qui ne finit jamais son roman et
qui travaille comme agent immobilier
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' to Davy, who's still in the Navy
- la marine
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
And the businessmen slowly get stoned
- se défonce
And they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
- ils partagent une boisson qu’ils appellent la solitude
But it's better than drinkin' alone
La la la la
Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
‘Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
- c’est une foule assez large
The manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they're all comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
- pendant un moment
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
- ça sonne comme un piano de carnaval
And the microphone smells like a beer
- sent la bière
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
- mettent du pognon dans mon bocal
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
la la la, di da da
Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
‘Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright
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Piano Man
(Sung by Billy Joel /LearningEnglish withmusic/YouTube)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
♫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qs54BYz2pk&feature=em-share_video_user
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The r
c
s
in
- la foule habituelle entre lentement comme font
les gens quand ils sont nombreux
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' 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."
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
‘Cause, we're all in the m
for a melody
- nous sommes d’humeur / avons envie
And you've got us feelin' alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He g
me my d
And he's q
f
with a j
f
or to l
- il me procure des boissons gratis
up your s
- et il peut rapidement faire une plaisanterie ou
allumer votre clope
But there's s
that he'd r
be
- mais il y a un endroit où il préfèrerait être
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the s
r
a
from his face
- pendant que son sourire disparaissait de son visage
"Cause I know that I could be a movie star
If I c
g
o
la la la, di da da
of this place"
- si seulement je pouvais me sauver/quitter cet endroit
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Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
‘Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright
Now Paul is a r
e
n
- un soi-disant écrivain qui ne finit jamais son roman et
qui travaille comme agent immobilier
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' to Davy, who's still in the N
- la marine
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
And the businessmen slowly g
And they're s
ad
s
they call l
- se défonce
- ils partagent une boisson qu’ils appellent la solitude
But it's better than drinkin' alone
La la la la
Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
‘Cause we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright
It's a p
g
c
for a Saturday
The manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they're all comin' to see
To forget about life f
aw
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone s
l
a beer
And they sit at the bar and put b
in my j
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
- c’est une foule assez large
- pendant un moment
- sent la bière
- mettent du pognon dans mon bocal