[00:00.50]A long long time ago

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[00:05.44]I can still remember

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[00:08.24]How that music used to make me smile

[00:11.99]

[00:16.21]And I knew if I had my chance

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[00:20.56]That I could make those people dance

[00:23.64]And maybe they'd be happy for a while

[00:27.29]

[00:29.74]But February made me shiver

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[00:33.33]With every paper I'd deliver

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[00:37.12]Bad news on the doorstep

[00:39.93]

[00:40.74]I couldn't take one more step

[00:44.10]

[00:45.54]I can't remember if I cried

[00:48.64]When I read about his widowed bride

[00:52.61]

[00:53.60]But something touched me deep inside

[00:59.06]The day the music died

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[01:09.30]Did you write the book of love

[01:11.44]And do you have faith in God above

[01:14.51]

[01:15.40]If the Bible tells you so

[01:17.45]

[01:19.15]Now do you believe in rock and roll

[01:22.46]Can music save your mortal soul

[01:25.71]And can you teach me how to dance real slow

[01:31.70]Well I know that you're in love with him

[01:34.81]Cause I saw you dancing in the gym

[01:38.25]You both kicked off your shoes

[01:41.05]Man I dig those rhythm and blues

[01:44.32]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck

[01:47.44]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck

[01:50.74]But I knew I was out of luck

[01:53.70]The day the music died

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[01:59.03]I started singing

[02:00.21]Bye bye Miss American Pie

[02:02.99]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[02:05.88]

[02:06.47]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye

[02:09.16]Singing this'll be the day that I die

[02:11.62]

[02:12.88]This'll be the day that I die

[02:15.10]

[02:17.04]Now for ten years we've been on our own

[02:20.30]And moss grows fat on a rolling stone

[02:23.57]But that's not how it used to be

[02:26.77]

[02:27.94]When the Jester sang for the king and queen

[02:31.17]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean

[02:34.33]And a voice that came from you and me

[02:39.41]

[02:40.33]Oh and while the king was looking down

[02:44.03]The Jester stole his thorny crown

[02:47.05]The courtroom was adjourned

[02:49.53]

[02:50.18]No verdict was returned

[02:52.91]And while Lenin read a book on Marx

[02:56.49]The quartet practiced in the park

[02:59.54]And we sang dirges in the dark

[03:02.49]The day the music died

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[03:07.73]We star to sing

[03:08.94]Bye bye Miss American Pie

[03:11.67]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[03:14.92]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye

[03:17.92]Singing this'll be the day that I die

[03:20.42]

[03:21.50]This'll be the day that I die

[03:23.84]

[03:26.47]Bye bye Miss American Pie

[03:28.90]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[03:31.68]

[03:32.34]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye

[03:35.01]Singing this'll be the day that I die

[03:37.68]

[03:38.77]This'll be the day that I die

[03:40.71]

[03:43.54]Bye bye Miss American Pie

[03:45.93]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

[03:48.76]

[03:49.39]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye

[03:52.12]Singing this'll be the day that I