you know who’s gay? paul the real estate novelist who never had time for a wife and davey who’s still in the navy and probably will be for life

New headcannon: everyone in that song is gay except the Piano Man who has no idea he’s playing at a gay bar and the staff and regulars have a betting pool on how long he’ll take to finally figure it out. So far John is ahead.

“The manager gives me a smile ‘cause he knows that it’s me they’ve been coming to see” also implies that the Piano Man is possibly an incredibly attractive but oblivious himbo, and if you listen to the rest of it imagining that, this all fits a little too well.

this makes too much sense. Also, the full quote is “Now John at the bar is a friend of mine. He gets me my drinks for free. And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke. But there’s someplace that he’d rather be” Yes, your bed, he wants to be on your bed honey, that’s not a joke, he is flirting with you.

Lighting another man’s cigarette is some old-school gay cruising.

You know, good on him for just rolling with it.

It’s especially good humoured bc the song is based on his actual experience. He gave up recording music for a time in order to force his record company to let him out of a bad contract. To keep himself afloat, he took a job as a pianist in a bar (might’ve been a hotel bar? I forget) under the name ‘William Martin’ (Martin being Joel’s middle name).

so many unread books on my shelf. unsure which to start first so ill just read nothing

he's scary and intimidating to YOU. im sitting on his lap and purring.

Maybe the most damming thing about Nolans odyssey is i haven’t seen a single gifset from it