[00:01.82]A long long time ago
[00:04.94]I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
[00:13.36]And I knew if I had my chance
[00:16.86]That I could make those people dance
[00:19.48]And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
[00:26.72]But February made me shiver
[00:30.21]With every paper I'd deliver
[00:33.77]Bad news on the doorstep
[00:37.20]I couldn't take one more step
[00:41.94]I can't remember if I cried
[00:44.81]When I read about his widowed bride
[00:49.81]But something touched me deep inside
[00:54.30]The day the music died
[01:01.97]
[01:04.22]So Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[01:07.90]Drove my chevy to the levee
[01:11.08]But the levee was dry
[01:13.77]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[01:17.95]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[01:23.50]This'll be the day that I die
[01:30.49]Did you write the Book of Love
[01:32.68]And do you have faith in God above
[01:37.60]If the Bible tells you so
[01:39.48]Do you believe in rock 'n roll
[01:44.34]Can music save your mortal soul
[01:47.71]And can you teach me how to dance real slow
[01:54.08]Well' I know that you're in love with him
[01:57.76]'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
[02:01.25]You both kicked off your shoes
[02:04.19]Man' I dig those rhythm and blues
[02:08.18]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
[02:11.49]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[02:14.92]But I knew I was out of luck
[02:18.35]The day the music died
[02:24.59]I started singin'
[02:25.78]Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[02:28.65]Drove my chevy to the levee
[02:30.64]But the levee was dry
[02:32.27]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[02:35.51]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[02:39.63]This'll be the day that I die
[02:43.87]
[02:44.44]Now for ten years we've been on our own
[02:47.93]And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
[02:51.80]But that's not how it used to be
[02:54.86]When the jester sang for the King and Queen
[02:59.97]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
[03:03.72]And a voice that came from you and me
[03:09.08]
[03:10.39]Oh' and while the King was looking down
[03:14.39]The jester stole his thorny crown
[03:17.63]The courtroom was adjourned
[03:21.19]No verdict was returned
[03:24.00]And while Lennon read a book of Marx
[03:27.87]The quartet practiced in the park
[03:31.17]And we sang dirges in the dark
[03:34.79]The day the music died
[03:40.22]
[03:40.78]We were singing
[03:41.84]Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[03:44.96]Drove my chevy to the levee
[03:46.90]But the levee was dry
[03:48.46]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[03:51.89]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[03:56.01]This'll be the day that I die
[03:59.44]
[04:01.38]Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
[04:04.18]The Byrds flew off with a fallout shelter
[04:07.55]Eight miles high and falling fast
[04:13.86]It landed foul out on the grass
[04:16.23]The players tried for a forward pass
[04:19.66]With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
[04:23.15]Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
[04:30.58]While the Sergeants played a marching tune
[04:33.70]We all got up to dance
[04:36.82]Oh' but we never got the chance
[04:40.69]'Cause the players tried to take the field
[04:43.93]The marching band refused to yield
[04:47.55]Do you recall what was revealed
[04:51.05]The day the music died
[04:54.66]We started singing
[04:58.28]Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[05:01.22]Drove my chevy to the levee
[05:03.21]But the levee was dry
[05:05.02]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[05:08.39]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[05:12.45]This'll be the day that I die
[05:15.44]
[05:17.32]Oh' and there we were all in one place
[05:20.44]A generation Lost in Space
[05:24.31]With no time left to start again
[05:27.55]So come on' Jack be nimble' Jack be quick
[05:32.98]Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
[05:36.41]'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
[05:43.15]Oh' and as I watched him on the stage
[05:46.52]My hands were clenched in fists of rage
[05:49.95]No angel born in hell
[05:53.63]Could break that Satan's spell
[05:56.38]And as the flames climbed high into the night
[06:00.31]To light the sacrifical rite
[06:03.74]I saw Satan laughing with delight
[06:07.17]The day the music died
[06:12.67]
[06:13.41]He was singing
[06:14.35]Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[06:17.47]Drove my chevy to the levee
[06:18.84]But the levee was dry
[06:21.34]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[06:24.58]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[06:28.64]This'll be the day that I die
[06:32.88]
[06:35.00]I met a girl who sang the blues
[06:38.12]And I asked her for some happy news
[06:42.31]But she just smiled and turned away
[06:46.86]I went down to the sacred store
[06:49.98]Where I'd heard the music years before
[06:53.97]But the man there said the music wouldn't play
[07:00.78]
[07:01.96]And in the streets the children screamed
[07:06.20]The lovers cried' and the poets dreamed
[07:09.82]But not a word was spoken
[07:13.19]The church bells all were broken
[07:17.56]And the three men I admire most
[07:21.56]The Father' Son and the Holy Ghost
[07:25.49]They caught the last train for the coast
[07:29.42]The day the music died
[07:36.09]And they were singing
[07:39.15]Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[07:43.89]Drove my chevy to the levee
[07:46.83]But the levee was dry
[07:49.39]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[07:54.81]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[07:59.81]This'll be the day that I die
[08:05.42]They were singing bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[08:11.91]Drove my chevy to the levee
[08:14.41]But the levee was dry
[08:15.84]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[08:18.78]Singin' this'll be the day that I die