Don McLean - American Pie

[00:00.18] A long, long time ago

[00:03.11] I can still remember how that music

[00:07.62] Used to make me smile

[00:11.61] And I knew if I had my chance

[00:15.59] That I could make those people dance

[00:18.51] And maybe they'd be happy for a while

[00:25.42] But February made me shiver

[00:28.88] With every paper I'd deliver

[00:32.61] Bad news on the doorstep

[00:35.80] I couldn't take one more step

[00:40.31] I can't remember if I cried

[00:43.76] When I read about his widowed bride

[00:48.02] Something touched me deep inside

[00:53.06] The day the music died

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[01:02.89] So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie

[01:07.41] Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

[01:12.71] And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

[01:17.24] Singin', "This'll be the day that I die

[01:22.54] This'll be the day that I die"

[01:28.65] Did you write the book of love

[01:31.04] And do you have faith in God above

[01:35.29] If the Bible tells you so?

[01:39.81] Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll

[01:43.26] Can music save your mortal soul

[01:47.25] And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

[01:53.62] Well, I know that you're in love with him

[01:56.82] 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym

[02:01.06] You both kicked off your shoes

[02:03.71] Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

[02:07.44] I was a lonely teenage bronckin' buck

[02:10.89] With a pink carnation and a pickup truck

[02:14.60] But I knew I was out of luck

[02:18.06] The day the music died

[02:23.37] I started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie

[02:27.92] Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

[02:31.62] Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

[02:34.81] Singin', "This'll be the day that I die

[02:38.79] This'll be the day that I die"

[02:43.84] Now, for ten years we've been on our own

[02:47.29] And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone

[02:51.02] But that's not how it used to be

[02:55.53] When the jester sang for the king and queen

[02:59.24] In a coat he borrowed from James Dean

[03:02.98] And a voice that came from you and me

[03:09.87] Oh, and while the king was looking down

[03:13.86] The jester stole his thorny crown

[03:17.31] The courtroom was adjourned

[03:19.97] No verdict was returned

[03:23.95] And while Lenin read a book on Marx

[03:27.42] A quartet practiced in the park

[03:31.12] And we sang dirges in the dark

[03:34.58] The day the music died

[03:39.62] We were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie

[03:44.14] Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

[03:48.39] Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

[03:51.58] Singin', "This'll be the day that I die

[03:55.56] This'll be the day that I die"

[04:00.61] Helter skelter in a summer swelter

[04:04.06] The birds flew off with a fallout shelter

[04:08.04] Eight miles high and falling fast

[04:12.57] It landed foul on the grass

[04:16.01] The players tried for a forward pass

[04:19.99] With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

[04:26.37] Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume

[04:30.09] While sergeants played a marching tune

[04:33.81] We all got up to dance

[04:36.47] Oh, but we never got the chance

[04:40.45] 'Cause the players tried to take the field

[04:43.91] The marching band refused to yield

[04:47.89] Do you recall what was revealed

[04:51.07] The day the music died?

[04:56.39] We started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie

[05:00.90] Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

[05:04.89] Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

[05:08.09] Singin', "This'll be the day that I die

[05:12.05] This'll be the day that I die"

[05:17.11] Oh, and there we were all in one place

[05:20.84] A generation lost in space

[05:24.55] With no time left to start again

[05:28.80] So, come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

[05:32.78] Jack Flash sat on a candlestick

[05:36.23] 'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend

[05:42.88] Oh, and as I watched him on the stage

[05:46.59] My hands were clenched in fists of rage

[05:50.31] No angel born in Hell

[05:53.24] Could break that Satan spell

[05:56.70] And as the flames climbed high into the night

[06:00.95] To light the sacrificial rite

[06:03.87] I saw Satan laughing with delight

[06:07.06] The day the music died

[06:13.17] He was singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie

[06:17.68] Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

[06:21.41] Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

[06:24.60] Singin', "This'll be the day that I die

[06:28.57] This'll be the day that I die"

[06:34.95] I met a girl who sang the blues

[06:37.87] And I asked her for some happy news

[06:42.39] But she just smiled and turned away

[06:47.17] I went down to the sacred store

[06:50.35] Where I'd heard the music years before

[06:53.81] But the man there said the music wouldn't play

[07:01.24] And in the streets the children screamed

[07:05.49] The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed

[07:09.48] But not a word was spoken

[07:12.93] The church bells all were broken

[07:17.72] And the three men I admire most

[07:21.45] The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost

[07:24.92] They caught the last train for the coast

[07:29.68] The day the music died

[07:37.68] And they were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie

[07:44.59] Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

[07:50.43] And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

[07:55.22] Singin', "This'll be the day that I die

[08:00.52] This'll be the day that I die"

[08:06.37] They were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie

[08:12.49] Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry

[08:17.53] Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

[08:22.05] Singin', "This'll be the day that I die"