[00:01.000]A long long time ago
[00:03.000]I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
[00:12.000]And I knew if I had my chance
[00:15.000]That I could make those people dance
[00:19.000]And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
[00:25.000]But February made me shiver
[00:29.000]With every paper I'd deliver
[00:33.000]Bad news on the doorstep
[00:36.000]I couldn't take one more step
[00:40.000]I can't remember if I cried
[00:43.000]When I read about his widowed bride
[00:48.000]But something touched me deep inside
[00:53.000]The day the music died
[01:04.800]So Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[01:08.500]Drove my chevy to the levee
[01:11.500]But the levee was dry
[01:13.500]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[01:18.500]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[01:24.500]This'll be the day that I die
[01:31.100]Did you write the Book of Love
[01:33.100]And do you have faith in God above
[01:37.100]If the Bible tells you so
[01:42.100]Do you believe in rock 'n roll
[01:45.100]Can music save your mortal soul
[01:49.100]And can you teach me how to dance real slow
[01:55.100]Well, I know that you're in love with him
[01:59.100]'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
[02:03.100]You both kicked off your shoes
[02:05.100]Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
[02:09.800]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
[02:12.800]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
[02:17.000]But I knew I was out of luck
[02:20.000]The day the music died
[02:27.000]I started singin'
[02:28.000]Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[02:31.000]Drove my chevy to the levee
[02:33.000]But the levee was dry
[02:35.000]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[02:38.000]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[02:42.300]This'll be the day that I die
[02:47.200]Now for ten years we've been on our own
[02:51.200]And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
[02:55.200]But that's not how it used to be
[03:00.200]When the jester sang for the King and Queen
[03:03.200]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
[03:07.200]And a voice that came from you and me
[03:14.200]Oh, and while the King was looking down
[03:18.200]The jester stole his thorny crown
[03:21.200]The courtroom was adjourned
[03:24.500]No verdict was returned
[03:29.400]And while Lennon read a book of Marx
[03:33.400]The quartet practiced in the park
[03:36.400]And we sang dirges in the dark
[03:39.400]The day the music died
[03:45.400]We were singing
[03:46.400]Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
[03:49.400]Drove my chevy to the levee
[03:52.400]But the levee was dry
[03:54.400]And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
[03:57.400]Singin' this'll be the day that I die
[04:01.400]This'll be the day that I die