Writer: Don McLean
Album: American Pie (1971)
Song: American Pie
Lyrics :
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 maybe they'd be
happy for a while.
But February made me shiver,
With every paper I'd
deliver,
Bad news on the doorstep...
I couldn't take one more
step.
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his
widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside,
The day the
music died.
Soo..Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy
to the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol' boys were drinking
whisky and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will 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 you so
Do you believe in rock
n roll
Can music save your mortal soul
Then you can teach me to
dance real slow
Well I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I
saw you dancing in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Then I dig
those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink
carnation and a pickup truck
but I knew that I was out of luck
The
day the music died
I started singin'...
Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to
the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol' boys were drinking whisky
and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the
day that I die
Now for 10 years we've been on our own
And moss
grows fat on a rolling stone
But that's not how it used to
be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he
borrowed from James Dean
In a voice that came from you and
me
And while the King was looking down
The jester stole his
thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was
returned
While Lennon read the book of Marx
The quartet
kept practice 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
And good ol' boys were drinking whisky
and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the
day that I die
Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew
off with the fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for
a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While
sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we
never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field,
The
marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed,
The day the music
died?
We started singing
Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to
the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol' boys were drinking whisky
and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the
day that I die
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,
Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candle stick
'Cause fire is the
devil's only friend.
As I watched him on the stage
My hands
were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in hell
Could break
that satan's spell
And as flames climbed high into the night
To
light the sacrificial rite
I saw satan laughing with delight
the day
the music died.
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
Where I'd heard
the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't
play
And in the streets the children 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
Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the
music died
They were singin'
Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to
the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol' boys were drinking whisky
and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the
day that I die

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