PIANO MAN 
(Billy Eckstine / Sid Kuller)
 1959 

Billy Eckstine
with Count Basie & his Orchestra
recorded 1959


I don't want no opera,
No cha-cha, no mambo.
My baby's gone and left me
And I'm feelin' mighty low!

Mr Piano Man,
Play me some down home blues.
It's a story that's old,
And can only be told with the blues!

Let your left hand tell my misery,
Your right hand tell my pain.
When she left she took the sunshine,
Left me standin' here in the rain!

Mr Piano Man,
Play me some down home blues.
Let me sit here and brood,
'Cause I'm just in the mood for the blues!

Mr Piano Man,
Now you know how I feel.
Mr Piano Man,
You know her love was real!

When a love affairs,
Then a man's best friend disappears!
Mr Piano Man,
Play me some down home blues!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2020)