[00:00.540]A long long time ago I can still remember
[00:05.180]How that music used to make me smile
[00:09.110]And I knew if I had my chance
[00:12.910]That I could make those people dance
[00:16.780]Maybe they'd be happy for a while
[00:20.450]But February made me shiver
[00:26.080]with every paper I'd deliver
[00:30.320]Bad news on the doorstep
[00:33.400]I couldn't take one more step
[00:36.820]I can't remember if I cried
[00:40.390]When I read about his widowed bride
[00:44.380]But something touched me deep inside
[00:50.060]The day the music died
[00:58.610]So... Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[01:05.650]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
[01:10.900]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[01:16.800]Singing this'll be the day that I die
[01:22.360]This'll be the day that I die
[01:27.670]Did you write the book of love
[01:32.000]And do you have faith in God above
[01:35.600]If the Bible tells you so?
[01:39.050]Now do you believe in rock and roll?
[01:44.160]Can music save your mortal soul?
[01:48.310]And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
[01:53.960]Well, I know that you're in love with him
[01:58.970]'cause I saw you dancing in the gym
[02:02.860]You both kicked off your shoes
[02:06.200]Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
[02:09.090]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
[02:13.860]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[02:17.150]But I knew I was out of luck
[02:21.120]The day the music died
[02:27.290]I started singing
[02:28.320]Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[02:31.390]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
[02:34.980]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[02:38.750]Singing this'll be the day that I die
[02:42.440]This'll be the day that I die
[02:46.030]Now, for ten years we've been on our own
[02:51.350]And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
[02:54.890]But that's not how it used to be
[02:57.640]When the jester sang for the king and queen
[03:03.120]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
[03:06.720]And a voice that came from you and me
[03:13.430]Oh and while the king was looking down
[03:17.730]The jester stole his thorny crown
[03:21.300]The courtroom was adjourned
[03:24.630]No verdict was returned
[03:28.360]And while Lenin read a book on Marx
[03:31.910]The quartet practiced in the park
[03:35.470]And we sang dirges in the dark
[03:39.290]The day the music died
[03:45.360]We were singing
[03:46.040]Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[03:49.360]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
[03:52.620]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[03:56.370]Singing this'll be the day that I die
[04:00.390]This'll be the day that I die
[04:04.630]Helter skelter in a summer swelter
[04:08.920]The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
[04:13.040]Eight miles high and falling fast
[04:17.740]Landed foul on the grass
[04:21.640]The players tried for a forward pass
[04:25.280]With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
[04:30.500]Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
[04:35.300]While sergeants played a marching tune
[04:38.820]We all got up to dance
[04:42.180]Oh, but we never got the chance
[04:45.660]'Cause the players tried to take the field
[04:49.550]The marching band refused to yield
[04:52.840]Do you recall what was revealed
[04:56.580]The day the music died?
[05:01.490]We started singing
[05:04.230]Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[05:07.340]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
[05:10.650]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[05:14.540]Singing this'll be the day that I die
[05:18.040]This'll be the day that I die
[05:21.690]Oh, and there we were all in one place
[05:26.850]A generation lost in space
[05:30.490]With no time left to start again
[05:33.760]So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
[05:39.430]Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
[05:42.900]'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
[05:48.860]And as I watched him on the stage
[05:53.280]My hands were clenched in fists of rage
[05:56.620]No angel born in hell
[05:59.100]Could break that Satan's spell
[06:03.030]And as the flames climbed high into the night
[06:06.390]To light the sacrificial rite
[06:09.900]I saw Satan laughing with delight
[06:14.110]The day the music died
[06:19.530]He was singing
[06:20.950]Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[06:24.080]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
[06:27.610]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[06:31.190]Singing this'll be the day that I die
[06:35.020]This'll be the day that I die
[06:39.740]I met a girl who sang the blues
[06:44.370]And I asked her for some happy news
[06:47.870]But she just smiled and turned away
[06:52.680]And I went down to the sacred store
[06:57.120]Where I'd heard the music years before
[07:01.330]But the man there said the music wouldn't play
[07:09.940]And in the streets the children screamed
[07:15.860]The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
[07:19.970]But not a word was spoken
[07:23.770]The church bells all were broken
[07:27.320]And the three men I admire most
[07:31.610]the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
[07:34.700]They caught the last train for the coast
[07:39.820]The day the music died
[07:47.890]They were singing ......
[07:51.540]Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[07:57.630]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
[08:03.070]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[08:09.430]Singing this'll be the day that I die
[08:15.470]This'll be the day that I die
[08:24.260]They were singing ......
[08:26.230]Bye, bye Miss American Pie
[08:31.300]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
[08:37.720]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[08:44.460]Singing this'll be the day that I die
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