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A long long time ago

I can still remember
How that music
Used to make me smile
And I knew if I

Had my chance

That I could make
Those people dance
And may be they'd

Be happy for awhile
But February
Made me shiver

With every paper
I'd deliver
Bad news
On the doorstep

I could n't take
One more step
I can't remember

If I cried

When I read aboui
His widowed bride
Something touched
Me deep inside

The day the
Music died
So bye bye

Miss America n Pie

Drove my Chevy
To the levee
But the levee was dry
And them
Good old boys

Were drinkin'
Whiskey and rye
Singin' this' be
The day that I die

This'll be the day
That I die
Did you write

The Book of Love
And do you have faith
In God above

If the Bible

Tells me so
Now do you believe
In rock and roll

Can music save
Your mortal soul
And can you teach me

How to dance real slow
Well, I know that you're
In love with him

'Cause I saw you
Dancin' in the gym
You both kicked
Off your shoes

Man, I dig those
Rhythm and blues
I was 0 lonely teenage
Broncin' buck

With a pink carnation
And a pick- up truck
But I knew I was

Out of luck

The day the
Music died
I sfa rled sing in'

Bye bye
Miss American Pie
Singin' this' be
The day that I die

This'll be the day
That I die
Now for ten years

We've been
On our own
But thofs not how
If used to be

When the jester sang
For the King and Queen
In a coat he borrowed
From James Dean

And a voice that came
From you and me
Oh and while the King

Was looking down

The jester stole
His thorny crown
The courtroom
Was ad iourned

No verdict was
Returned
And while Lennon
Read a book on Marx

The quartet practiced
In the park
And we sang dirges

In the dark

The day the
Music died

We were singin'
Bye bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
To the levee
But the levee was dry
Singin' this' be
The day that I die

This'll be the day
That I die
Helter Skelter in the
Summer swelier

The Byrds flew off with
A fallout shelter
Eight Miles High
And fallin' fast

If landed foul
On the gross
The players fried

For a forward pass
With ihe jester

On the sidelines
In a cast
Now the halftime air

Was sweet perfume
While the Sergeants
Played 0 marching tune
We all got up to dance

Oh, but we never
Got the chance
'Cause the players
Tried to fake the field

The marching band
Refused to yield
Do you recall
What was revealed

The day the

Music died
We started singin'
Bye bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
To the levee
But the levee was dry
Singin' this' be
The day that I die

This'll be the day
That I die
Oh and there we were

A in one place
A generation lost
In space

With no time leH
To start again
So come on,

Jack be nimble,

Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on
A candlestick

'Cause fire is the
Devil's only friend
Oh and as I watched

Him on the stage
No angel born in hell

Could brea k that

Satan's spell
And as the flames
Climbed high

Into the night
To light ihe

Sacrificial rife
I saw Satan laughing

With delight
The day the
Music died

He was singin'
Bye bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
To the levee
But the levee was dry
Singin' this' be
The day that I die

This'll be the day
That I die
I met 0 girl who
Sang the blues

And I asked her for

Some ha p py news
But she iusi smiled

And turned away
I went down 10
The sacred store

Where I'd heard the

Music yea rs befo re
But the man there said

The music would n'f play
And in the streets the
Child ren screamed

The lovers cried and
The poets dreamed
But not a word
Was spoken

The church bells

All were broken
And the three men
I admire most

The Father, Son and
The Holy Ghost
They caught the last
Train for the coast

The day the
Music died

And they were singin'
Bye bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
To the levee
But the levee was dry
And them
Good old boys

Were drinkin'
Whiskey and rye
Singin' this' be
The day that I die

This' be the day
That I die

They were singin'
Bye bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
To the levee
But the levee was dry
Singin' ihis'll be

The day that I die
Wrilien By Don Mcleun.

Copyright Mayday Music, Inc-
And Yahweh Tunes.
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Title
American Pie
Artist
Don McLean
Brand
Monster Hits
(34 Other Versions)
Code
MH1006-12
Genres
folk, folk music, folk rock, rock music