American Pie - Don McLean

[00:01.85] A long, long time ago

[00:03.99] I can still remember how that music used to make me smile

[00:12.50] And I knew if I had my chance

[00:16.21] That I could make those people dance

[00:18.59] And maybe they'd be happy for a while

[00:25.77] But February made me shiver

[00:28.97] With every paper I'd deliver

[00:32.69] Bad news on the doorstep

[00:36.40] I couldn't take one more step

[00:41.17] I can't remember if I cried

[00:44.10] When I read about his widowed bride

[00:48.60] But something touched me deep inside

[00:53.38] The day the music died

[01:03.21] So bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[01:07.47] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[01:12.77] And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[01:17.31] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[01:22.62] This'll be the day that I die

[01:28.98] Did you write the book of love

[01:31.63] And do you have faith in God above

[01:35.90] If the Bible tells you so?

[01:39.89] Now do you believe in rock and roll?

[01:43.86] Can music save your mortal soul?

[01:47.31] And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

[01:53.71] Well, I know that you're in love with him

[01:57.15] 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym

[02:01.14] You both kicked off your shoes

[02:04.07] Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

[02:06.99] I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck

[02:11.23] With a pink carnation and a pickup truck

[02:14.42] But I knew I was out of luck

[02:17.87] The day the music died

[02:23.72] I started singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[02:27.97] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[02:31.69] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[02:34.86] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[02:39.38] This'll be the day that I die

[02:44.18] Now for ten years we've been on our own

[02:47.62] And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone

[02:51.08] But that's not how it used to be

[02:56.13] When the jester sang for the king and queen

[02:59.85] In a coat he borrowed from James Dean

[03:03.57] And a voice that came from you and me

[03:09.95] Oh, and while the king was looking down

[03:13.66] The jester stole his thorny crown

[03:17.38] The courtroom was adjourned

[03:20.84] No verdict was returned

[03:24.02] And while Lennin read a book on Marx

[03:27.74] The quartet practiced in the park

[03:30.94] And we sang dirges in the dark

[03:34.38] The day the music died

[03:40.22] We were singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[03:44.48] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[03:48.46] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[03:51.36] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[03:55.63] This'll be the day that I die

[04:01.48] Helter skelter in a summer swelter

[04:04.39] The birds flew off with a fallout shelter

[04:08.38] Eight miles high and falling fast

[04:12.91] It landed foul on the grass

[04:16.36] The players tried for a forward pass

[04:20.08] With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

[04:26.45] Now the halftime air was sweet perfume

[04:30.15] While the sergeants played a marching tune

[04:33.86] We all got up to dance

[04:37.05] Oh, but we never got the chance

[04:40.26] 'Cause the players tried to take the field

[04:43.97] The marching band refused to yield

[04:47.98] Do you recall what was revealed

[04:51.15] The day the music died?

[04:56.74] We started singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[05:00.99] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[05:04.99] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[05:08.15] And singin' this'll be the day that I die

[05:12.13] This'll be the day that I die

[05:17.18] Oh, and there we were all in one place

[05:20.93] A generation lost in space

[05:24.37] With no time left to start again

[05:29.16] So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

[05:32.86] Jack Flash sat on a candlestick

[05:36.33] 'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

[05:43.24] Oh, and as I watched him on the stage

[05:46.71] My hands were clenched in fists of rage

[05:50.68] No angel born in Hell

[05:53.86] Could break that Satan's spell

[05:56.78] And as the flames climbed high into the night

[06:00.51] To light the sacrificial rite

[06:03.97] I saw Satan laughing with delight

[06:07.43] The day the music died

[06:13.26] He was singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[06:17.51] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[06:21.50] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[06:24.94] And singin' this'll be the day that I die

[06:28.68] This'll be the day that I die

[06:35.58] I met a girl who sang the blues

[06:37.96] And I asked her for some happy news

[06:41.68] But she just smiled and turned away

[06:47.54] I went down to the sacred store

[06:50.20] Where I'd heard the music years before

[06:53.93] But the man there said the music wouldn't play

[07:02.41] And in the streets, the children screamed

[07:05.86] The lovers cried and the poets dreamed

[07:10.12] But not a word was spoken

[07:13.05] The church bells all were broken

[07:18.36] And the three men I admire most

[07:21.81] The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost

[07:25.79] They caught the last train for the coast

[07:29.51] The day the music died

[07:37.49] And they were singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[07:44.13] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[07:50.49] And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[07:55.53] Singin' this'll be the day that I die

[08:00.59] This'll be the day that I die

[08:06.70] They were singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie

[08:12.54] Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[08:17.84] Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye

[08:21.85] And singin' this'll be the day that I die