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American Pie
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Don McLean
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A long, long time ago
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I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
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And, I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance, and...
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Maybe they'd be happy for a while
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But, February made me shiver with every paper I'd deliver
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Bad news on the doorstep - I couldn't take one more step
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I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
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Something touched me deep inside the day the music died
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So, 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 drinking whiskey and rye, singing...
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This'll be the day that I die
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This'll be the day that I die
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Did you write the Book of Love and do you have faith in God, above?
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If the Bible tells you so
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Now, do you believe in Rock and Roll? Can music save your mortal soul? And...
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Can you teach me how to dance real slow?
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Well, I know that you're in love with him, 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym
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You both kicked off your shoes - man, I dig those rhythm and blues
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I was a lonely, teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck, but...
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I knew I was out of luck the day the music died
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I started singing, 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 drinking whiskey and rye, singing...
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This'll be the day that I die
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This'll be the day that I die
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Now, for ten years we've been on our own and moss grows fat on a Rolling Stone, but...
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That's not how it used to be
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When the Jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
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In a voice that came from you and me
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Oh, and while the King was looking down the Jester stole his thorny crown
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The courtroom was adjourned - no verdict was returned
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And, while Lennon read a book on Marx the quartet practiced in the park, and...
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We sang dirges in the dark the day the music died
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We were singing, 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 drinking whiskey and rye, singing...
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This'll be the day that I die
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This'll be the day that I die
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Healter Skealter in the summer swelter - the Birds flew off with a fallout shelter
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Eight Miles High and falling fast
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It landed foul on the grass
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The players tried for a forward pass with the Jester on the sidelines in a cast
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Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume while the Sergeants played a marching tune
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We all got up to dance, oh, but we never got the chance
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'Cause the players tried to take the field - the marching band refused to yield
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Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?
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We started singing, 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 drinking whiskey and rye, singing...
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This'll be the day that I die
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This'll be the day that I die
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And, there we were, all in one place - 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 - Jack Flash sat on a Candlestick, 'cause...
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Fire is the Devil's only friend
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And, as I watched him on the stage my hands were clenched in fists of rage
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No angel born in Hell could break that satan's spell
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And, as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite, I saw...
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Satan laughing with delight the day the music died
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He was singing, 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 drinking whiskey and rye, singing...
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This'll be the day that I die
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This'll be the day that I die
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I met a girl who sang the Blues, and I asked her for some happy news
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She just smiled and turned away
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I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before, but...
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The man there said the music wouldn't play
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And, in the streets the children screamed, the lover's cried, and the poets dreamed, but...
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Not a word was spoken - the church bells all were broken
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And, the three men I admire most: the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, they...
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Caught the last train for the coast the day the music died
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And, they were singing, 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 drinking whiskey and rye, singing...
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This'll be the day that I die
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This'll be the day that I die
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They were singing, 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 drinking whiskey and rye, singing...
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This'll be the day that I die
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