[00:00.58]A long, long time ago
[00:03.47]I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
[00:10.85]And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance
[00:18.59]And maybe they'd be happy for a while
[00:23.83]But February made me shiver
[00:28.57]With every paper I'd deliver
[00:32.26]Bad news on the doorstep
[00:35.85]I couldn't take one more step
[00:39.43]I can't remember if I cried
[00:43.15]When I read about his widowed bride
[00:48.24]But something touched me deep inside
[00:53.30]The day the music died
[01:01.46]So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[01:07.28]Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
[01:12.21]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[01:17.09]Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
[01:21.65]This'll be the day that I die"
[01:28.81]Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above
[01:35.23]If the Bible tells you so?
[01:39.11]Now do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul
[01:46.67]And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
[01:53.59]Well, I know that you're in love with him
[01:57.09]'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
[02:00.59]You both kicked off your shoes
[02:03.62]Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
[02:07.13]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
[02:10.98]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[02:14.55]But I knew I was out of luck
[02:18.04]The day the music died
[02:23.80]I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[02:28.19]Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
[02:31.42]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[02:35.08]And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
[02:38.66]This'll be the day that I die"
[02:43.22]Now for ten years we've been on our own
[02:46.21]And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
[02:51.22]But that's not how it used to be
[02:55.49]When the jester sang for the king and queen
[02:58.97]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
[03:03.35]And a voice that came from you and me
[03:09.54]Oh, and while the king was looking down
[03:13.41]The jester stole his thorny crown
[03:17.25]The courtroom was adjourned
[03:20.30]No verdict was returned
[03:23.78]And while Lenin read a book on Marx
[03:27.26]A quartet practiced in the park
[03:31.08]And we sang dirges in the dark
[03:34.44]The day the music died
[03:39.78]We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[03:44.52]Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
[03:48.05]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[03:51.46]Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
[03:55.51]This'll be the day that I die"
[03:59.85]Helter skelter in a summer swelter
[04:04.25]The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
[04:07.93]Eight miles high and falling fast
[04:13.58]It landed foul on the grass, the players tried for a forward pass
[04:19.64]With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
[04:26.19]Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
[04:30.22]While the sergeants played a marching tune
[04:34.14]We all got up to dance
[04:36.99]Oh, but we never got the chance
[04:40.05]'Cause the players tried to take the field
[04:44.23]The marching band refused to yield
[04:48.04]Do you recall what was revealed
[04:51.38]The day the music died?
[04:56.15]We started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[05:01.36]Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
[05:05.07]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[05:08.13]And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
[05:11.81]This'll be the day that I die"
[05:15.41]Oh, and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space
[05:24.34]With no time left to start again
[05:28.26]So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
[05:32.92]Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
[05:36.12]'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
[05:42.23]Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
[05:46.61]My hands were clenched in fists of rage
[05:50.37]No angel born in Hell
[05:53.62]Could break that Satan's spell
[05:56.83]And as the flames climbed high into the night
[06:00.63]To light the sacrificial rite
[06:04.28]I saw Satan laughing with delight
[06:07.55]The day the music died
[06:13.19]He was singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[06:17.94]Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
[06:21.59]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[06:24.77]And singin' "This'll be the day that I die
[06:28.28]This'll be the day that I die"
[06:34.88]I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news
[06:41.70]But she just smiled and turned away
[06:46.43]I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before
[06:53.47]But the man there said the music wouldn't play
[07:01.76]And in the streets, the children screamed
[07:05.76]The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
[07:10.01]But not a word was spoken
[07:13.24]The church bells all were broken
[07:17.42]And the three men I admire most
[07:21.47]The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
[07:25.21]They caught the last train for the coast
[07:29.95]The day the music died
[07:37.18]And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[07:44.33]Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
[07:50.39]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[07:55.55]Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
[08:00.76]This'll be the day that I die"
[08:06.41]They were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[08:12.58]Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
[08:17.37]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[08:21.89]And singin' This'll be the day that I die"
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