[00:00.47]A long long time ago
[00:03.88]I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
[00:12.38]And I knew if I had my chance
[00:15.56]That I could make those people dance
[00:20.09]And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
[00:25.87]But February made me shiver
[00:29.17]With every paper I'd deliver
[00:32.45]Bad news on the doorstep
[00:36.27]I couldn't take one more step
[00:40.38]I can't remember if I cried
[00:43.90]When I read about his widowed bride
[00:48.57]But something touched me deep inside
[00:53.39]The day the music died
[01:03.50]So Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[01:07.46]Drove my chevy to the levee
[01:10.06]But the levee was dry
[01:12.57]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[01:17.26]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[01:22.59]This'll be the day that I die
[01:28.23]Did you write the Book of Love
[01:31.60]And do you have faith in God above
[01:35.34]If the Bible tells you so
[01:39.23]Do you believe in rock 'n roll
[01:43.45]Can music save your mortal soul
[01:47.08]And can you teach me how to dance real slow
[01:53.46]Well' I know that you're in love with him
[01:57.10]'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
[02:00.63]You both kicked off your shoes
[02:04.06]Man' I dig those rhythm and blues
[02:07.50]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
[02:10.72]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[02:14.22]But I knew I was out of luck
[02:17.64]The day the music died
[02:23.80]I started singin'
[02:24.98]Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[02:27.87]Drove my chevy to the levee
[02:29.91]But the levee was dry
[02:31.60]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[02:34.97]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[02:38.92]This'll be the day that I die
[02:43.77]Now for ten years we've been on our own
[02:47.09]And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
[02:50.84]But that's not how it used to be
[02:54.50]When the jester sang for the King and Queen
[02:59.35]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
[03:02.90]And a voice that came from you and me
[03:09.58]Oh' and while the King was looking down
[03:13.66]The jester stole his thorny crown
[03:17.26]The courtroom was adjourned
[03:20.87]No verdict was returned
[03:23.80]And while Lennon read a book of Marx
[03:27.34]The quartet practiced in the park
[03:30.79]And we sang dirges in the dark
[03:34.56]The day the music died
[03:40.54]We were singing
[03:41.38]Bye-bye' Miss American Pie
[03:44.31]Drove my chevy to the levee
[03:46.17]But the levee was dry
[03:48.19]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[03:51.55]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[03:55.49]This'll be the day that I die
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