AMERICA PIE

Vocal：Don Mclean
A long long time ago, I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance,
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the door step,
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died, so
* Byebye, Miss American pie
Drove my chevy to the leave but the leave was dry
Then good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die *
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above?
If the bible tell you so
And did you believe in rock and roll
Can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance, real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him
「Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blue
I was a lonely teenage brown and buck
Well, I pick carnation and I pick up truck
But I know I was out of luck
The day the music died, I started singing
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Now for ten years, we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the King and Queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh! And while the King was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned, now verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on mass
The quartet practiced in the park
The day the music died, we were singing
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Helterskelter in the summer sweater
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed bell on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tone
We all got up to dance but we never got the chance
「Caused the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died, we statred singing
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Hold in there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be bimbo, Jack be quick
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
「Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
Oh! As I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in flats of rage
No angel born in hell could break that Satan's spell
And as the flame climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial right
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died, he was singing
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I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
She just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And The Three Man I admire most
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died, and they were singing
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