American Pie-The 70's Band

[ti:American Pie] [ar:The 70's Band] [al:Gold Songs 70's] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.27]A long long time ago [00:03.84] [00:04.91]I can still remember [00:07.77]How that music used to make me smile [00:12.10] [00:13.65]And I knew if I had my chance [00:17.12] [00:18.05]That I could make those people dance [00:21.46]And maybe they'd be happy for a while [00:26.27] [00:27.55]But February made me shiver [00:30.01] [00:30.67]With every paper I'd deliver [00:33.32] [00:34.15]Bad news on the doorstep [00:36.59] [00:37.30]I couldn't take one more step [00:39.96] [00:40.74]I can't remember if I cried [00:44.30]When I read about his widowed bride [00:47.22] [00:48.08]But something touched me deep inside [00:51.76]The day the music died [00:56.13] [00:59.54]So bye-bye Miss American Pie [01:03.87]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [01:08.34] [01:09.18]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye [01:12.95] [01:13.50]Singin' "This'll be the day that I die [01:16.98] [01:18.89]This'll be the day that I die" [01:21.70] [01:25.12]Did you write the book of love [01:27.71]And do you have faith in God above [01:31.03] [01:32.01]If the Bible tells you so [01:34.62] [01:36.85]Now do you believe in rock and roll [01:40.14]Can music save your mortal soul [01:43.98]And can you teach me how to dance real slow [01:49.22] [01:50.62]Well I know that you're in love with him [01:54.20]'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym [01:57.53] [01:58.06]You both kicked off your shoes [02:01.11]Man I dig those rhythm and blues [02:04.26]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck [02:08.44]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck [02:11.89]But I knew I was out of luck [02:15.36]The day the music died [02:19.58] [02:21.20]I started singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie [02:25.52]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [02:29.17]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye [02:32.69]Singin' "This'll be the day that I die [02:35.42] [02:36.72]This'll be the day that I die" [02:39.01] [02:41.37]Now for ten years we've been on our own [02:45.28]And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone [02:48.37] [02:48.90]But that's not how it used to be [02:52.12] [02:53.62]When the jester sang for the king and queen [02:57.00] [02:57.57]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean [03:01.04]And a voice that came from you and me [03:05.78] [03:07.44]Oh and while the king was looking down [03:11.21]The jester stole his thorny crown [03:14.85]The courtroom was adjourned [03:16.97] [03:17.92]No verdict was returned [03:21.62]And while Lenin read a book on Marx [03:24.97] [03:25.52]The quartet practiced in the park [03:28.69]And we sang dirges in the dark [03:32.09]The day the music died [03:36.27] [03:38.03]We were singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie [03:42.31]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [03:45.93]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye [03:49.44]Singin' "This'll be the day that I die [03:52.15] [03:53.42]This'll be the day that I die" [03:55.76] [03:58.71]Helter skelter in a summer swelter [04:01.87]The birds flew off with a fallout shelter [04:04.82] [04:05.92]Eight miles high and falling fast [04:10.92]It landed foul on the grass [04:13.76]The players tried for a forward pass [04:17.35]With the jester on the sidelines in a cast [04:22.61] [04:24.15]The halftime air was sweet perfume [04:28.15]While the sergeants played a marching tune [04:31.52]We all got up to dance [04:33.68] [04:34.48]Oh but we never got the chance [04:37.45] [04:37.96]'Cause the players tried to take the field [04:41.64]The marching band refused to yield [04:45.16]Do you recall what was revealed [04:48.70]The day the music died [04:52.71] [04:54.53]We started singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie [04:58.86]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [05:02.06] [05:02.67]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye [05:05.99]And singin' "This'll be the day that I die [05:08.61] [05:09.89]This'll be the day that I die" [05:12.19] [05:14.59]Oh and there we were all in one place [05:18.28]A generation lost in space [05:21.29] [05:21.84]With no time left to start again [05:25.63] [05:26.57]So come on Jack be nimble Jack be quick [05:29.92] [05:30.71]Jack Flash sat on a candlestick [05:33.91]'Cause fire is the only devil's friend [05:38.61] [05:40.46]Oh and as I watched him on the stage [05:44.19]My hands were clenched in fists of rage [05:47.64]No angel born in Hell [05:49.98] [05:51.25]Could break that Satan's spell [05:54.19]And as the flames climbed high into the night [05:57.46] [05:58.16]To light the sacrificial rite [06:01.42]I saw Satan laughing with delight [06:04.86]The day the music died [06:09.03] [06:10.92]He was singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie [06:14.95]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [06:18.09] [06:18.73]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye [06:21.96]And singin' "This'll be the day that I die [06:24.67] [06:25.93]This'll be the day that I die" [06:28.49] [06:31.86]I met a girl who sang the blues [06:34.62] [06:35.27]And I asked her for some happy news [06:38.49] [06:39.67]She just smiled and turned away [06:42.51] [06:45.18]I went down to the sacred store [06:48.17]Where I'd heard the music years before [06:51.60] [06:52.12]But the man there said the music wouldn't play [06:58.03] [06:59.64]And in the streets the children screamed [07:02.22] [07:03.30]The lovers cried and the poets dreamed [07:05.71] [07:06.85]But not a word was spoken [07:08.86] [07:09.71]The church bells all were broken [07:13.31] [07:15.49]And the three men I admire most [07:18.27] [07:19.27]The Father Son and the Holy Ghost [07:22.13] [07:23.46]They caught the last train for the coast [07:26.30] [07:27.08]The day the music died [07:32.09] [07:34.78]And they were singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie [07:41.17]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [07:45.67] [07:46.51]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye [07:50.84]Singin' "This'll be the day that I die [07:54.38] [07:56.40]This'll be the day that I die" [07:59.96] [08:01.18]They were singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie [08:05.90]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [08:09.95]Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye [08:13.84]And singin' "This'll be the day that I die"