[00:00.76]A long long time ago
[00:04.25]I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
[00:10.09]
[00:12.60]And I knew if I had my chance
[00:15.55]
[00:16.23]That I could make those people dance
[00:19.01]And maybe they  d be happy for a while
[00:22.83]
[00:25.76]But february made me shiver
[00:28.78]
[00:29.52]With every paper I  d deliver
[00:32.20]
[00:33.22]Bad news on the doorstep
[00:35.70]
[00:36.64]I couldn  t take one more step
[00:39.10]
[00:41.29]I can  t remember if I cried
[00:44.30]When I read about his widowed bride
[00:47.96]
[00:49.21]But something touched me deep inside
[00:53.21]
[00:53.86]The day the music died
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[01:00.21]American Pie - Don McLean
[01:01.44]
[01:03.59]So byebye miss American pie
[01:08.17]Drove my chevy to the levee
[01:10.55]But the levee was dry
[01:12.69]
[01:13.39]And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[01:17.84]Singing this  ll be the day that I die
[01:21.15]
[01:23.09]This  ll be the day that I die
[01:26.38]
[01:29.82]Did you write the book of love
[01:32.14]And do you have faith in god above
[01:34.92]
[01:36.39]If the bible tells you so
[01:38.73]
[01:40.65]Have you believe in rock   n roll
[01:44.06]Can music save your mortal soul
[01:47.57]And can you teach me how to dance real slow
[01:53.46]
[01:54.10]Well I know that you  re in love with him
[01:57.67]  Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
[02:01.00]
[02:01.58]You both kicked off your shoes
[02:03.94]
[02:04.56]Man I dig those rhythm and blues
[02:08.15]I was a lonely teenage broncing buck
[02:11.60]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[02:15.22]But I knew I was out of luck
[02:18.28]The day the music died
[02:22.59]
[02:24.12]I started singing
[02:25.50]Byebye miss American pie
[02:28.66]Drove my chevy to the levee
[02:30.53]But the levee was dry
[02:32.43]And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[02:35.62]Singing this  ll be the day that I die
[02:38.31]
[02:39.47]This  ll be the day that I die
[02:42.02]
[02:44.33]Now for ten years we  ve been on our own
[02:48.02]And moss grows fat on a rollin   stone
[02:51.22]
[02:51.75]But that  s not how it used to be
[02:54.73]
[02:56.42]When the jester sang for the king and queen
[03:00.15]In a coat he borrowed from james dean
[03:03.77]And a voice that came from you and me
[03:08.80]
[03:10.32]Oh and while the king was looking down
[03:14.45]The jester stole his thorny crown
[03:17.91]The courtroom was adjourned
[03:20.33]
[03:21.33]No verdict was returned
[03:24.31]And while lennon read a book of marx
[03:27.68]
[03:28.27]The quartet practiced in the park
[03:31.68]And we sang dirges in the dark
[03:35.09]The day the music died
[03:39.24]
[03:40.83]We were singing
[03:42.28]Bye-bye miss American pie
[03:45.24]Drove my chevy to the levee
[03:47.07]But the levee was dry
[03:48.36]
[03:49.04]And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[03:52.33]Singing this  ll be the day that I die
[03:55.15]
[03:56.30]This  ll be the day that I die
[03:58.75]
[04:01.63]Helter skelter in a summer swelter
[04:04.85]The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
[04:07.67]
[04:08.69]Eight miles high and falling fast
[04:14.10]It landed foul out on the grass
[04:16.92]The players tried for a forward pass
[04:20.23]With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
[04:25.48]
[04:27.02]Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
[04:31.14]While the sergeants played a marching tune
[04:34.52]We all got up to dance
[04:37.28]Oh but we never got the chance
[04:40.17]
[04:40.68]  Cause the players tried to take the field
[04:44.25]
[04:44.88]The marching band refused to yield
[04:47.79]
[04:48.49]Do you recall what was revealed
[04:51.75]The day the music died
[04:55.81]
[04:57.33]We started singing
[04:58.60]Bye-bye miss American pie
[05:01.76]Drove my chevy to the levee
[05:03.66]But the levee was dry
[05:04.87]
[05:05.60]And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[05:08.81]Singing this  ll be the day that I die
[05:11.63]
[05:12.81]This  ll be the day that I die
[05:15.17]
[05:17.06]Oh and there we were all in one place
[05:21.40]A generation lost in space
[05:24.37]
[05:24.95]With no time left to start again
[05:27.76]
[05:29.39]So come on jack be nimble jack be quick
[05:32.94]
[05:33.62]Jack flash sat on a candlestick
[05:36.68]  Cause fire is the devil  s only friend
[05:41.86]
[05:43.54]Oh and as I watched him on the stage
[05:46.84]
[05:47.36]My hands were clenched in fists of rage
[05:50.98]No angel born in hell
[05:53.06]
[05:54.37]Could break that satan  s spell
[05:57.01]And as the flames climbed high into the night
[06:00.59]
[06:01.16]To light the sacrifical rite
[06:04.46]I saw satan laughing with delight
[06:08.07]The day the music died
[06:12.50]
[06:14.02]He was singing
[06:15.26]Bye-bye miss American pie
[06:18.26]Drove my chevy to the levee
[06:20.11]But the levee was dry
[06:21.45]
[06:22.09]And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[06:25.55]Singing this  ll be the day that I die
[06:28.10]
[06:29.44]This  ll be the day that I die
[06:32.03]
[06:35.69]I met a girl who sang the blues
[06:38.17]
[06:38.95]And I asked her for some happy news
[06:41.88]
[06:42.96]But she just smiled and turned away
[06:45.97]
[06:47.68]I went down to the sacred store
[06:50.77]Where I  d heard the music years before
[06:53.82]
[06:54.39]But the man there said the music wouldn  t play
[07:00.89]
[07:02.75]And in the streets the children screamed
[07:05.77]
[07:06.86]The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
[07:09.62]
[07:10.36]But not a word was spoken
[07:12.76]
[07:13.92]The church bells all were broken
[07:17.70]
[07:18.45]And the three men I admire most
[07:21.48]
[07:22.23]The father son and the holy ghost
[07:25.13]
[07:26.32]They caught the last train for the coast
[07:29.62]
[07:30.36]The day the music died
[07:36.73]
[07:37.58]And they were singing
[07:38.85]
[07:39.43]Bye-bye miss American pie
[07:44.45]
[07:45.14]Drove my chevy to the levee
[07:47.22]
[07:47.73]But the levee was dry
[07:49.99]
[07:50.97]And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[07:56.04]Singing this  ll be the day that I die
[07:59.73]
[08:01.83]This  ll be the day that I die
[08:05.45]
[08:07.13]They were singing bye-bye miss American pie
[08:13.31]Drove my chevy to the levee
[08:15.63]But the levee was dry
[08:17.58]
[08:18.35]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[08:22.73]Singing this  ll be the day that I die
[08:28.36]