Listen to the song and complete the tasks: fill in the gaps with rhyming words; rewriting lines in reported speech; unscrambling lines; and defining words and phrases in context. 

Piano Man was released as a single in 1973,
and was the first big hit song for American
singer-songwriter Billy Joel. Before Joel became
a successful recording artist, he used to be a
piano player and singer at the Executive Room
bar in Los Angeles. Piano man describes his
experiences of working there, and tells of the
failed dreams of the customers, the barman, and
the piano player himself.

Billy Joel - Piano Man

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Listen to the song and complete the tasks: fill in the gaps with rhyming words; rewriting lines in reported speech; unscrambling lines; and defining words and p…