yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

jelly baby so you're saying you wanna go far

then sign on the dotted line

ain't no maybe baby we're gonna make you a star

so sign on the dotted line

depend on frank and a believe in publishers

the melrose brothers pack of colored music

alright fellas what money we talking

the minor points we won't discuss

we do for you you do for us

won't talk money come on do i look like a fool

you know we're gonna do right by you i done better

pitchin' pennies and hustling pools

come on by you they're bound to school

you down the pipe

why not be screwed by folks you like you

just give us a two we can dance to

you get to see your name in lights

we get to keep the sign

no sign no take a walk

cause that's the way we do things well

that's not the way that the road does things

that's the way we do things in new york

you think they're bad jelly you ain't seen nothing yet

go on play play a tune mr piano man

the name is nick and gosh

you play you play for us

we tell you what and who you'll be playing for

well so to speak your patrons of the arts

play a tune mister piano man

play any club or w**e

guess what we own them all

you wanna make it big here

sit down we'll talk