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American Pie [Original Version]
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Don McLean
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A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
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And I knew if I had my chance
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That I could make those people dance
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And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
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But February made me shiver
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With every paper I delivered,
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Bad news on the door step,
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I couldn't take one more step,
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I can't remember if I cried
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When I read about his widowed bride
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But something touched me deep inside,
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The day, the music, died.
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So
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey '' rye
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Singin this will be the day that I die.
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This will be the day that I die.
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Did you write the book of love
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And do you have faith in God above,
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If the bible tells you so.
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And do you believe in rock '' roll?
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Can music save your mortal soul?
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And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
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Well I know that you're in love with him
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Cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym.
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You both kicked off your shoes
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And I dig those rhythm and blues.
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I was a lonely teenage bronkin' buck
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With a pink carnation and a pick up truck
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But I knew I was out of luck,
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The day, the music, died.
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I started singin
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey '' rye
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Singin this will be the day that I die.
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This will be the day that I die.
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Now for ten years we've been on our own
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And moss grows fat on a rollin stone
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But that's not how it used to be,
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When the jester sang for the king and queen
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In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
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And a voice that came from you and me.
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Oh and while the king was looking down,
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The jester stole his thorny crown
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The courtroom was adjourned;
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No verdict was returned.
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And while Lennon read a book on Marx,
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The quartet practiced in the park
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And we sang dirges in the dark,
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The day, the music, died.
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We were singin'
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey '' rye
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Singin this will be the day that I die.
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This will be the day that I die.
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Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
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The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
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Eight miles high and fallin' fast.
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It landed foul on the grass.
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The players tried for a forward pass
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With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
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Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
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While the sergeants played a marching tune.
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We all got up to dance
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Oh but we never got the chance.
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As the players tried to take the field
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The marching band refused to yield.
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Do you recall what was revealed,
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the day, the music, died?
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We started singin'
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey '' rye
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Singin this will be the day that I die.
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This will be the day that I die.
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Oh and there we were all in one place,
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A generation lost in space
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With no time left to start again.
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So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.
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Jack Flash sat on a candle stick
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Because fire is the devils only friend.
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Oh and as I watched him on the stage,
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My hands were clinched in fists of rage,
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No angel born in hell
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Could break that Satan's spell.
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And as the flames climbed high into the night
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To light the sacrificial rite
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I saw Satan laughing with delight,
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The day, the music, died.
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He was singin'
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey '' rye
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Singin this will be the day that I die.
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This will be the day that I die.
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I met a girl who sang the blues
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And I asked her for some happy news
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But she just smiled and turned away.
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I went down to the sacred store
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Where I'd heard the music years before
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But the man there said the music wouldn't play.
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And in the streets the children screamed,
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The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
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But not a word was spoken,
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The church bells all were broken.
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And the three men I admire most,
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The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
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They caught the last train for the coast,
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The day, the music, died.
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And they were singin'
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey '' rye
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Singin this will be the day that I die.
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This will be the day that I die.
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They were singin'
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey '' rye
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Singin' this will be the day that I die.
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