American pie

[00:00.70] A long, long time ago

[00:03.36] I can still remember

[00:05.74] How that music used to make me smile

[00:12.92] And I knew if I had my chance

[00:15.56] That I could make those people dance

[00:18.49] And maybe they'd be happy for a while

[00:25.40] But February made me shiver

[00:28.85] With every paper I'd deliver

[00:32.57] Bad news on the doorstep

[00:36.29] I couldn't take one more step

[00:40.54] I can't remember if I cried

[00:43.73] When I read about his widowed bride

[00:48.51] But something touched me deep inside

[00:52.75] The day the music died

[01:01.78] So bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[01:07.37] Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[01:12.67] And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[01:17.19] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[01:22.51] This'll be the day that I die

[01:28.62] Did you write the book of love

[01:31.27] And do you have faith in God above

[01:35.52] If the Bible tells you so?

[01:39.77] Now do you believe in rock and roll?

[01:43.49] Can music save your mortal soul?

[01:46.67] And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

[01:53.85] Well, I know that you're in love with him

[01:57.31] 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym

[02:00.75] You both kicked off your shoes

[02:03.94] Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

[02:07.40] I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck

[02:11.11] With a pink carnation and a pickup truck

[02:14.84] But I knew I was out of luck

[02:18.02] The day the music died

[02:23.86] I started singing

[02:25.46] Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[02:28.38] Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[02:32.09] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[02:35.28] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[02:39.27] This'll be the day that I die

[02:43.78] Now for ten years we've been on our own

[02:47.50] And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone

[02:50.96] But that's not how it used to be

[02:56.00] When the jester sang for the king and queen

[02:59.46] In a coat he borrowed from James Dean

[03:02.91] And a voice that came from you and me

[03:09.55] Oh, and while the king was looking down

[03:13.54] The jester stole his thorny crown

[03:17.00] The courtroom was adjourned

[03:20.44] No verdict was returned

[03:23.63] And while Lennin read a book on Marx

[03:27.35] The quartet practiced in the park

[03:30.53] And we sang dirges in the dark

[03:33.99] The day the music died

[03:39.84] We were singing

[03:41.42] Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[03:44.35] Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[03:48.07] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[03:51.25] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[03:55.24] This'll be the day that I die

[04:00.56] Helter skelter in a summer swelter

[04:03.48] The birds flew off with a fallout shelter

[04:07.46] Eight miles high and falling fast

[04:12.78] It landed foul on the grass

[04:15.69] The players tried for a forward pass

[04:18.88] With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

[04:25.79] Now the halftime air was sweet perfume

[04:29.24] While the sergeants played a marching tune

[04:32.96] We all got up to dance

[04:35.88] Oh, but we never got the chance

[04:39.33] 'Cause the players tried to take the field

[04:43.32] The marching band refused to yield

[04:46.78] Do you recall what was revealed

[04:49.95] The day the music died?

[04:55.80] We started singing

[04:57.13] Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[05:00.31] Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[05:04.04] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[05:07.12] And singin' this'll be the day that I die

[05:11.36] This'll be the day that I die

[05:15.08] Oh, and there we were all in one place

[05:19.34] A generation lost in space

[05:23.05] With no time left to start again

[05:27.83] So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

[05:31.82] Jack Flash sat on a candlestick

[05:35.00] 'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

[05:41.38] Oh, and as I watched him on the stage

[05:45.36] My hands were clenched in fists of rage

[05:48.82] No angel born in Hell

[05:52.27] Could break that Satan's spell

[05:55.46] And as the flames climbed high into the night

[05:59.18] To light the sacrificial rite

[06:02.37] I saw Satan laughing with delight

[06:06.09] The day the music died

[06:11.66] He was singing

[06:13.26] Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[06:16.18] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[06:20.16] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[06:23.08] And singin' this'll be the day that I die

[06:27.07] This'll be the day that I die

[06:33.17] I met a girl who sang the blues

[06:36.37] And I asked her for some happy news

[06:40.34] But she just smiled and turned away

[06:45.66] I went down to the sacred store

[06:48.85] Where I'd heard the music years before

[06:52.04] But the man there said the music wouldn't play

[07:00.27] And in the streets the children screamed

[07:04.52] The lovers cried and the poets dreamed

[07:08.24] But not a word was spoken

[07:10.90] The church bells all were broken

[07:16.47] And the three men I admire most

[07:19.93] The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost

[07:23.65] They caught the last train for the coast

[07:27.36] The day the music died

[07:35.87] And they were singing

[07:38.25] Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[07:42.50] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[07:48.35] And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[07:53.66] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[07:58.98] This'll be the day that I die

[08:04.28] They were singing

[08:06.41] Bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[08:10.13] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[08:15.44] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[08:19.96] And singin' this'll be the day that I die