Busker's lovely rendition of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” will have you swooning. It is just the thing you’d want to hear on a rainy day. Play the video to step into the beautiful experience. 

It’s a dreary day on a London street, but this busker, who goes by Leire, brightens it with her piano and lyrical performance of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.” It’s a song about how music brings people together, and that’s exactly what it did.

As Leire plays in the middle of the busy street, people stop in the drizzle to hear her play. Some of the song’s lyrics are: 

Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright

Billy wrote “Piano Man” after he worked as a bar pianist in Los Angeles. It’s all about his perspective as a pianist whose music soothes lost wanderers looking for a little connection. It was released in 1973, but it sounds timeless. 

“I suppose when I was actually doing the gig, I was thinking, ‘Well, this is different than I thought things were gonna be,’” Billy said before. “I wanted to be a recording artist … and here I was in this bar in Los Angeles playing for a drinking crowd.”

“It was kind of an odd situation for me, but I recognized that there was something that was so unique about it, I might be able to write a song about this,” he explained. “I might be able to capture this moment. And that’s how it got written.”

Leire’s voice is a wonderful match for this song. It’s strong and carries well across the street. It has a certain magic that draws listeners in like flies to honey. 

Her voice is so emotive and lovely; she has a natural gift. It’s wonderful that we all get to hear it through this cover.