Billy Joel Plans Your Weekend

He may not be coming until Tuesday, but that doesn't mean you can't turn to the Piano Man for advice when looking for something to do this weekend. Throw on a few of his CDs, pull out your daily planner and before you know it you'll be busier than an "Angry Young Man."

Go see your first play...

This is my big night on the town

My introduction to the theatre crowd

- "Where's the Orchestra" from The Nylon Curtain

Friday night I crashed your party

Saturday I said I'm sorry

- "You May Be Right" from Glass Houses

A bottle of red, a bottle of white

It all depends on your appetite

I'll meet you any time you want

In our Italian Restaurant.

- "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" from The Stranger

Slow down you crazy child

Take the phone off the hook

And disappear for a while

- "Vienna" from the Stranger

Well you went uptown riding in your limousine

With your fine Park Avenue clothes

You had the Dom Perignon in your hand

And the spoon up your nose

- "Big Shot" from 52nd Street

Out in Bethlehem they're killing time

Filling out forms

Standing in line

- "Allentown" from Nylon Curtain

But you stand there pleadin'

With your insides bleedin'

'Cause deep down you want some more

Then she says she needs affection

While she searches for the vein

She's so good with her stiletto

You don't really mind the pain

- "Stiletto" from 52nd Street

Now I'm going outside to have

An ice cold beer in the shade

Oh, I'm going to listen to my 45s

Ain't it wonderful to be alive

- "Keeping the Faith" from An Innocent Man

In the middle of the night

I go walking in my sleep

- "River of Dreams" from River of Dreams

And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness

But it's better than drinking alone.

- "Piano Man" from Piano Man