[ar:Don McLean]
[ti:AMERICAN PIE]
[00:01]A long
[00:01]long time ago I can still remember how
[00:07]that music used to make me smile
[00:13]and I knew if I had my chance that I could make those
[00:18]people dance
[00:19]and maybe the'd be happy for a while
[00:26]but February made me shiver with ev'ry paper I'd deliver
[00:33]bad news on the door step I couldn't take one more step
[00:41]I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
[00:49]something touched me deep inside the day the music died.
[01:03]-So:
[01:04]Bye-bye Miss American Pie
[01:08]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
[01:13]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye
[01:17]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.
[01:23]This 'll be the day that I die.
[01:29]Did you write the book of love
[01:32]and do you have faith
[01:34]in God above
[01:36]if the bible tells you so now do you believe in rock and roll
[01:44]can music save your mortal soul
[01:47]and can you teach me
[01:50]how to dance real slow
[01:54]well I know that you're in love with him
[01:57]'cause I saw you dancin'
[02:00]in the the gym
[02:01]you both kicked off your shoes then I dibbed
[02:05]those rhythm and blues
[02:08]I was a lonely teenage brocin' buck
[02:11]with a pink carnation and a pick up truck
[02:15]but I knew I was out of luck the day the music died.
[02:24]I started singing:
[02:25]Bye-bye Miss American Pie
[02:28]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
[02:32]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye
[02:35]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.
[02:39]This 'll be the day that I die.
[02:44]Now for ten years we've been on our own
[02:48]and moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
[02:51]but that's not how it used to be
[02:56]when the Jester sang for the king and queen
[03:00]in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
[03:03]and a voice that came from you and me
[03:10]oh and while the king was looking down
[03:14]the Jester stole his thorny crown
[03:18]the courtroom was adjourned
[03:21]no verdict was returned
[03:24]and while Lenin read a book on Marx
[03:28]a quartet practiced in the park
[03:31]and we sang dirges in the dark
[03:35]the day the music died
[03:40]we were singin':
[03:42]Bye-bye Miss American Pie
[03:45]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
[03:49]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye
[03:52]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.
[03:56]This 'll be the day that I die.
[04:01]Helter skelter in a summer swelter
[04:04]the birds flew off with a fallout shelter
[04:08]eight miles high and fallin' fast
[04:14]plant a flower on the grass
[04:17]the players tried for a forward pass.
[04:20]With the Jester on the sidelines in a cast
[04:27]now the half-time air was sweet perfume
[04:30]while the sergeants played a marching tune
[04:34]we all got up to dance but we never got the chance
[04:41]'cause the players tried to take the field
[04:44]the marching band refused to yield
[04:48]do you recall what was revealed the day the music died.
[04:57]We started singin':
[04:58]Bye-bye Miss American Pie
[05:01]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
[05:05]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye
[05:08]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.
[05:12]This 'll be the day that I die.
[05:18]And there we were all in one place
[05:21]a generation lost in space
[05:24]with no time left to start again
[05:29]so come on. Jack be nimble
[05:31]Jack be quick
[05:33]Jack flash
[05:34]sat on a candlestick
[05:36]'cause fire is the devil's only friend
[05:43]and as I watched him on the stage
[05:46]my hands were clenched in fists of rage
[05:50]no angel born in hell could break that satan's spell
[05:57]and as the flames climbed high into the night
[06:01]to light the sacrificial rite
[06:04]I saw satan laughing with delight the day the music died
[06:14]He was singin:
[06:15]Bye-bye Miss American Pie
[06:18]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
[06:22]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye
[06:26]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.
[06:30]This 'll be the day that I die.
[06:36]I met a girl who sang the blues
[06:39]and I asked her for some happy news
[06:43]but she just smiled and turned away
[06:48]I went down to the sacred store
[06:51]where I'd heard the music years before
[06:55]but the men there said the music wouldn't play
[07:03]but in the streets the children screamed
[07:07]the lovers cried
[07:09]and the poets dreamed but not a word was spoken
[07:14]the church bells all were broken
[07:19]and the three men I admire most
[07:22]the father
[07:23]son and holy ghost
[07:26]they caught the last train for the coast
[07:31]the day the music died.
[07:38]And they were singin':
[07:40]Bye-bye Miss American Pie
[07:45]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
[07:51]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye
[07:56]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.
[08:02]This 'll be the day that I die.
[08:08]They were singin':
[08:10]Bye-bye Miss American Pie
[08:14]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
[08:19]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye
[08:23]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.
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