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[ti:American Pie] [ar:Simply The Best] [al:Memorable Singer/Songwriter Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:04.39]A long long time ago [00:07.14] [00:08.16]I can still remember [00:09.68] [00:10.40]How that music used to make me smile [00:14.69] [00:16.93]And I knew if I had my chance [00:19.43] [00:20.22]I could make those people dance [00:23.11]And maybe they be happy for a while [00:27.90] [00:30.41]February made me shiver [00:32.66] [00:33.28]With every paper I'd deliver [00:35.89] [00:37.64]Bad news on the doorstep [00:39.97] [00:41.00]I couldn't take one more step [00:43.61] [00:45.08]I can't remember if I cried [00:47.86]When I read about his widowed bride [00:51.50] [00:52.39]Something touched me deep inside [00:56.01]The day the music died [01:02.14] [01:05.58]So [01:05.78]Bye bye Miss American Pie [01:10.01]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [01:14.68] [01:15.47]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [01:20.06]Singing this'll be the day that I die [01:24.42] [01:25.91]This'll be the day that I die [01:29.44] [01:32.39]Did you write the book of love [01:34.94]And do you have faith in God above [01:38.24] [01:38.80]If the Bible tells you so [01:41.68] [01:42.81]Now do you believe in rock and roll [01:47.27]Can music save your mortal soul [01:50.36]And can you teach me how to dance real slow [01:57.43]Well I know that you're in love with him [02:00.91]Cause I saw you dancing in the gym [02:04.54]You both kicked off your shoes [02:07.34]Man I dig those rhythm and blues [02:11.26]I was a lonely teenage broncin buck [02:14.98]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck [02:17.97] [02:18.68]But I knew I was out of luck [02:21.97]The day the music died [02:26.40] [02:27.81]I started singing [02:29.09]Bye bye Miss American Pie [02:32.19]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [02:35.59]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [02:39.24]Singing this'll be the day that I die [02:42.12] [02:43.22]This'll be the day that I die [02:45.46] [02:47.81]Now for ten years we've been on our own [02:51.05] [02:51.63]And moss grows fat on a rolling stone [02:55.13]But that's not how it used to be [02:58.05] [02:59.97]When the Jester sang for the king and queen [03:03.65]In a coat you borrowed from James Dean [03:07.08]And a voice that came from you and me [03:12.70] [03:13.92]Oh and while the king was looking down [03:17.98]The Jester stole his thorny crown [03:21.09]The courtroom was adjourned [03:23.58] [03:24.35]No verdict was returned [03:27.82]And while Lenin read a book on Marx [03:31.63]The quartet practiced in the park [03:35.04]And we sang dirges in the dark [03:38.50]The day the music died [03:43.30] [03:44.55]We were singing [03:45.59]Bye bye Miss American Pie [03:48.72]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [03:52.09]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [03:55.79]Singing this'll be the day that I die [03:58.96] [03:59.83]This'll be the day that I die [04:02.14] [04:05.16]Helter skelter in a summer swelter [04:07.99]The birds flew off with a fallout shelter [04:11.57]Eight miles high and falling fast [04:17.64]Landed foul on the grass [04:20.33]The players tried for a forward pass [04:23.82]With the Jester on the sidelines in a cast [04:29.34] [04:30.54]Now the half-time air was sweet perfume [04:34.32]While sergeants played a marching tune [04:37.58]We all got up to dance [04:40.53]Oh but we never got the chance [04:43.52] [04:44.42]Cause the players tried to take the field [04:48.16]The marching band refused to yield [04:51.61]Do you recall what was revealed [04:54.57] [04:55.18]The day the music died [04:59.78] [05:01.05]We started singing [05:02.33]Bye bye Miss American Pie [05:05.26]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [05:08.64]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [05:12.35]Singing this'll be the day that I die [05:15.18] [05:16.12]This'll be the day that I die [05:18.46] [05:20.54]Oh and there we were all in one place [05:24.83]A generation lost in space [05:28.06] [05:28.70]With no time left to start again [05:31.47] [05:33.11]So come on Jack be nimble Jack be quick [05:36.83]Jack Flash sat on a candlestick [05:40.21]Cause fire is the devils only friend [05:45.29] [05:47.23]And as I watched him on the stage [05:50.93]My hands were clenched in fists of rage [05:54.44]No angel born in hell [05:56.86] [05:57.89]Could break that Satans spell [06:00.53]And as the flames climbed high into the night [06:04.72]To light the sacrificial rite [06:07.55]I saw Satan laughing with delight [06:11.50]The day the music died [06:16.35] [06:17.63]He was singing [06:18.76]Bye bye Miss American Pie [06:21.95]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [06:25.35]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [06:28.85]Singing this'll be the day that I die [06:31.73] [06:32.72]This'll be the day that I die [06:35.42] [06:39.57]I met a girl who sang the blues [06:42.55]And I asked her for some happy news [06:45.35] [06:46.04]But she just smiled and turned away [06:49.23] [06:51.32]I went down to the sacred store [06:54.49]Where I'd heard the music years before [06:57.52] [06:58.25]But the man there said the music wouldn't play [07:03.41] [07:04.98]But in the streets the children screamed [07:07.99] [07:08.64]The lovers cried and the poets dreamed [07:11.14] [07:11.67]Not a word was spoken [07:13.85] [07:15.15]The church bells all were broken [07:17.65] [07:19.70]And the three men I admire most [07:22.24] [07:23.14]The Father Son and Holy Ghost [07:25.98] [07:26.55]They caught the last train for the coast [07:29.58] [07:30.21]The day the music died [07:34.93] [07:36.24]They were singing [07:37.34] [07:38.46]Bye bye Miss American Pie [07:43.14]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [07:48.36] [07:49.38]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [07:54.50]Singing this'll be the day that I die [07:59.03] [08:00.76]This'll be the day that I die [08:04.72] [08:07.06]They were singing [08:09.13]Bye bye Miss American Pie [08:13.34]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [08:18.06] [08:18.87]Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [08:22.96] [08:23.48]Singing this'll be the day that I die [08:28.55]American Pie - Simply The Best