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American Pie

Don McLean

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A	long	long	time ago	I can still re	member how that	music used to make me	smile And	I knew	if I had	my chance

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that	I could make those	people dance and	maybe they'd be	happy for a	while.

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But February	made me shiver	With every paper	I'd deliver	Bad news	on the	doorstep I c	ouldn't take one	more step

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I

can't re

member if I

cried When I

read about his

widowed bride But

something

touched me deep inside The

day the

Music

Died

So

Chorus:

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bye	bye Miss A	merican	Pie Drove my	chevy to the	levy But the	levy was	dry

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And them	good old	boys were drinking	whiskey and	rye

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Singin'	this'll be the day that I	die	this'll be the day that I	die.

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Did you write the	book of love And do	you have faith in	God above?	If the Bible	tells you so.

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Do	you be	lieve in	Rock 'n Roll? Can	music save your	mortal soul? And	can you teach me	how to dance	real slow?

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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 rythmny	blues

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I was a	lonely	teenage	broncin' buck With a	pink carnation and a	pickup truck.

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But	I knew	I was	out of luck The	day the	music	died	I started singin' ...

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Now for ten years we've been	on our own And	moss grows fat on a	rollin' stone	But that's not how it	used to be When the	jester	sang for the	King and Queen

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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

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The	courtroom	was ad	journed No	verdict was re	turned And while	Lennon	read a	book of Marx The	court kept practice	in the park

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And	we sang	dirges	in the dark The	day the	Music	Died.	We were singing...

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Helter-Skelter in a	summer	swelter The	Byrds flew off with a	fallout shelter	Eight Miles High and	falling fast It	landed	foul out	on the grass

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The	players tried	for a forward pass But the	jester's	on the sidelines	in a cast Now the	half-time air was	sweet perfume While the	sargeants played a	marching tune

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We all	got up to	dance But we	never got	the chance 'cause the	players	tried to	take the field The	marching band re	fused to yield

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Do you	recall	what was reveiled the	day the	Music	Died?		We started singing...

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Oh, and there we were all	in one place A	generation	Lost in Space	With no time left to	start again So come on,	Jack be nimble

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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 My	hands were clenched in	fists of rage

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No angel	born in	hell Could	break that Satan's	spell And as the	flames climbed	high in	to the night To	light the sacri	fical rite

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I saw	Satan	laughing	with delight The	day the	Music	Died		He was singing...

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I	met a girl who sang the	blues And I	asked her for some	happy news But	she just smiled and turned	away I	went down to the sacred	store

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Where I'd	heard the music	years before But the	man there said the	music woudn't	play And in the	streets the children	screamed The	lovers cried, and the poets	dreamed

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But not a	word was	spoken The	Church bells all were	broken And	three men I	admire most The	Father,	Son and the	Holy Ghost

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They	caught the	last train	for the coast The	Day the	Music	Died.		And they were singing...

They were singing...