Gimme a song I know, something I can relate to
  People never criticise the way I play
  Show me the way to go, I need to make a breakthrough
  I don't think that I can wait another day
    It's putting years on me, I'm a young man going grey
  I don't believe that I can wait another day
    This simple melody is all I have
  I make my living that way
  I make good friends that way
  Ooh, I really can make no sense of it, as hard as I try
  Is it something I do wrong please won't you tell me why
  People all seem to like it and no one knows about it more than I
    I met a man today who walked in my direction
  Stopped took off his hat and lit a cigarette
  He listened carefully to what I had been playing
  He threw a coin into my hat and walked away
    Always play just what they want me to
  Everybody wants the same song
  If only I could do it in my own way
  I feel such emotion, emotion, ooh, emotion, emotion, ooh
    Say gimme a song I know, something I can relate to
  And no one wants to criticise the way I play
  I should just say no and play them what I want to
  Cos I don't think that I can wait another day
    It's putting years on me, I'm a young man going grey
  I don't believe that I can wait another day
    This simple melody is all I have
  I make my living that way
  I make good friends that way
  They feel my emotion, emotion, ooh, ooh
  Emotion, emotion, ooh