For my article this week, I have decided to do something unique. I have altered the lyrics to Billy Joel's Piano Man and created it to relate to the Iowa City bar scene. If this article goes viral, maybe I will make this into a YouTube video.
It's eleven o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd of underage students shuffles into the bars
There's a DJ standing above me
Making students crazy and runnin'
I say, "DJ, can you play me Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett
I'm a really big fan of the song
But it's sad and it's bittersweet he won't play it
Because the DJ only plays the younger man's songs
[Pre-Chorus]
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
[Chorus]
Play us a song, you're the bar DJ
Play us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood to party
And you've got us lit tonight
[Verse 2]
Now the bouncers at the bar are some friends of mine
They let me in with a glance of my fake ID
And they're quick with putting a wristband on my hand
But there's someplace that they'd rather be
They say, "Matt, go have fun tonight, this job is killing me."
As the smile smirks on his face
I tell him,
"Well I'm sure that I could be a frat star
If I could get a bid from a fraternity"
[Pre-Chorus]
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
[Verse 3]
Now Mitch is an enterprise leadership major
Who never had time to study and parties too much to get good grades
And he's talkin' with Kendrie, who's still on duty as an RA
And probably will be every Saturday for the rest of her college life
And the pretty sorority girl is studying business,
As the frat boys from the frat that is known for having guys who smoke a bunch of weed slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call brotherhood
But it's a bond of their lone chapter
[Chorus]
Play us a song, you're the bar DJ
Play us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood to party
And you've got us lit tonight
[Verse 4]
It's always a pretty busy crowd at an Iowa City bar on a Saturday
And the manager gives us a smile
‘Cause he knows that it's us that provide their income on weekends
As we try to forget about life for a little bit
And the DJ, it seems like he is in charge of running this crazy circus
And his t-shirt smells like beer
And I come up to the bar and put my $10 bill on the counter
And the bartender says, "Man, what do you want to drink here?"
[Pre-Chorus]
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum
[Chorus]
Play us a song, you're the bar DJ
Play us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood to party
And you've got us lit tonight