[00:01.100]A long long time ago
[00:03.669]I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
[00:11.070]And I knew if I had my chance
[00:14.119]That I could make those people dance
[00:17.200]And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
[00:21.500]
[00:32.450]Did you write the Book of Love
[00:35.230]And do you have faith in God above
[00:39.090]If the Bible tells you so
[00:44.360]Do you believe in rock 'n roll
[00:48.320]Can music save your mortal soul
[00:52.400]And can you teach me how to dance real slow
[00:59.169]Well, I know that you're in love with him
[00:59.300]
[01:02.760]'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
[01:06.220]You both kicked off your shoes
[01:09.680]Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
[01:13.090]
[01:13.610]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
[01:16.580]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[01:21.210]But I knew I was out of luck
[01:24.310]The day the music died
[01:29.060]
[01:30.750]I started singin'
[01:31.790]Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[01:34.710]Drove my chevy to the levee
[01:37.000]But the levee was dry
[01:38.490]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[01:42.800]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[01:46.120]This'll be the day that I die
[01:49.629]
[01:55.250]I met a girl who sang the blues
[01:58.710]And I asked her for some happy news
[02:02.220]But she just smiled and turned away
[02:06.700]I went down to the sacred store
[02:10.279]Where I'd heard the music years before
[02:13.739]But the man there said the music wouldn't play
[02:19.499]
[02:20.699]And in the streets the children screamed
[02:24.749]The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
[02:28.269]But not a word was spoken
[02:30.629]The church bells all were broken
[02:34.099]
[02:34.799]And the three men I admire most
[02:38.639]The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
[02:42.129]They caught the last train for the coast
[02:45.369]The day the music died
[02:50.189]
[02:51.529]And they were singing
[02:52.579]Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[02:55.389]Drove my chevy to the levee
[02:57.489]But the levee was dry
[02:59.390]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[03:02.419]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[03:06.149]This'll be the day that I die
[03:09.999]
[03:12.090]They were singing bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[03:18.089]Drove my chevy to the levee
[03:20.529]But the levee was dry
[03:21.699]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
[03:25.019]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[03:29.489]This'll be the day that I die
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