[ar:Don McLean] [ti:AMERICAN PIE] [00:01]A long [00:01]long time ago I can still remember how [00:07]that music used to make me smile [00:13]and I knew if I had my chance that I could make those [00:18]people dance [00:19]and maybe the'd be happy for a while [00:26]but February made me shiver with ev'ry paper I'd deliver [00:33]bad news on the door step I couldn't take one more step [00:41]I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride [00:49]something touched me deep inside the day the music died. [01:03]-So: [01:04]Bye-bye Miss American Pie [01:08]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry [01:13]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye [01:17]singin' this 'll be the day that I die. [01:23]This 'll be the day that I die. [01:29]Did you write the book of love [01:32]and do you have faith [01:34]in God above [01:36]if the bible tells you so now do you believe in rock and roll [01:44]can music save your mortal soul [01:47]and can you teach me [01:50]how to dance real slow [01:54]well I know that you're in love with him [01:57]'cause I saw you dancin' [02:00]in the the gym [02:01]you both kicked off your shoes then I dibbed [02:05]those rhythm and blues [02:08]I was a lonely teenage brocin' buck [02:11]with a pink carnation and a pick up truck [02:15]but I knew I was out of luck the day the music died. [02:24]I started singing: [02:25]Bye-bye Miss American Pie [02:28]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry [02:32]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye [02:35]singin' this 'll be the day that I die. [02:39]This 'll be the day that I die. [02:44]Now for ten years we've been on our own [02:48]and moss grows fat on a rollin' stone [02:51]but that's not how it used to be [02:56]when the Jester sang for the king and queen [03:00]in a coat he borrowed from James Dean [03:03]and a voice that came from you and me [03:10]oh and while the king was looking down [03:14]the Jester stole his thorny crown [03:18]the courtroom was adjourned [03:21]no verdict was returned [03:24]and while Lenin read a book on Marx [03:28]a quartet practiced in the park [03:31]and we sang dirges in the dark [03:35]the day the music died [03:40]we were singin': [03:42]Bye-bye Miss American Pie [03:45]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry [03:49]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye [03:52]singin' this 'll be the day that I die. [03:56]This 'll be the day that I die. [04:01]Helter skelter in a summer swelter [04:04]the birds flew off with a fallout shelter [04:08]eight miles high and fallin' fast [04:14]plant a flower on the grass [04:17]the players tried for a forward pass. [04:20]With the Jester on the sidelines in a cast [04:27]now the half-time air was sweet perfume [04:30]while the sergeants played a marching tune [04:34]we all got up to dance but we never got the chance [04:41]'cause the players tried to take the field [04:44]the marching band refused to yield [04:48]do you recall what was revealed the day the music died. [04:57]We started singin': [04:58]Bye-bye Miss American Pie [05:01]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry [05:05]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye [05:08]singin' this 'll be the day that I die. [05:12]This 'll be the day that I die. [05:18]And there we were all in one place [05:21]a generation lost in space [05:24]with no time left to start again [05:29]so come on. Jack be nimble [05:31]Jack be quick [05:33]Jack flash [05:34]sat on a candlestick [05:36]'cause fire is the devil's only friend [05:43]and as I watched him on the stage [05:46]my hands were clenched in fists of rage [05:50]no angel born in hell could break that satan's spell [05:57]and as the flames climbed high into the night [06:01]to light the sacrificial rite [06:04]I saw satan laughing with delight the day the music died [06:14]He was singin: [06:15]Bye-bye Miss American Pie [06:18]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry [06:22]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye [06:26]singin' this 'll be the day that I die. [06:30]This 'll be the day that I die. [06:36]I met a girl who sang the blues [06:39]and I asked her for some happy news [06:43]but she just smiled and turned away [06:48]I went down to the sacred store [06:51]where I'd heard the music years before [06:55]but the men there said the music wouldn't play [07:03]but in the streets the children screamed [07:07]the lovers cried [07:09]and the poets dreamed but not a word was spoken [07:14]the church bells all were broken [07:19]and the three men I admire most [07:22]the father [07:23]son and holy ghost [07:26]they caught the last train for the coast [07:31]the day the music died. [07:38]And they were singin': [07:40]Bye-bye Miss American Pie [07:45]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry [07:51]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye [07:56]singin' this 'll be the day that I die. [08:02]This 'll be the day that I die. [08:08]They were singin': [08:10]Bye-bye Miss American Pie [08:14]drove ma chevy to the levy but the levy was dry [08:19]and good old boys were drinkin' Whiskey and Rye [08:23]singin' this 'll be the day that I die.