The waitress is praticing politics while the buisness man slowly gets more and more drunk. John at the bar is a bartender that seems to be stuck and wants to apparently be a movie star.
The man is making love to his tonic and gin he is presumably drunk and rambling on about his life. The first clue that tells you what the song is about is when he talks to the old man sitting next to him. He seems to have a good repour with all the customers they all seem to like and respect him. Piano Man is indeed about a bar piano player and what he sees at the bar he works at. General CommentPiano Man has such a simple meaning/story but yet seems to be misinterprated by so many people. 'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to seeĪnd they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness 'Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie starĪnd he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy He says, 'Bill, I believe this is killing me' But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it completeĪnd he's quick with a joke or to light up your smokeīut there's some place that he'd rather be
