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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 AWHILE
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…..
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BYE-BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
THEN GOOD OLD BOYS WERE DRINKIN’ WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN’ THIS’LL BE THE DAY THAT I DIED
THIS’LL BE THE DAY THAT I DIED
DID YOU WRITE THE BOOK OF LOVE
AND DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD ABOVE
IF THE BIBLE TELLS YOU SO
NOW DO YOU BELIEVE IN ROCK & 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
‘COS I SAW YOU DANCIN’ IN THE GYM
YOU BOTH KICKED OF YOUR SHOES
MAN I DIG THOSE RHYTM & BLUES…..
I WAS A LONELY TEENAGE BRONCIN’ BUCK
WITH A PINK CARNATION AND A PICK UP TRUCK
BUT I KNEW I WAS OUT OF LUCK
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED, I STARTED SINGIN’..... Repeat Chorus.....
NOW FOR TEN YEARS WE’VE ON OUR OWN
AND MOSS GROWS FAT ON A ROLLIN’ STONE
BUT, THAT’S NOT HOW IT USED TO BE
WHEN THE JESTER SANG FOR THE KING & 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 COURT-ROOM WAS ADJOURNED, NO VERDICT WAS RETURNED
AND WHILE LENIN READ THE BOOK ON MARX
THE QUARTET PRACTICED IN THE PARK
AND WE SANG DIRGES IN THE DARK
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED, WE WERE SINGIN’..... Repeat Chorus.....
HELTER-SKELTER IN THE SUMMER SWELTER
THE BIRDS FLEW OFF WITH A FALL OUT SHELTER
EIGHT MILES HIGH AND FALLIN’ FAST…..
IT LANDED FOUL ON THE GRASS
THE PLAYERS TRIED FOR A FORWARD PASS
WITH THE JESTER ON THE SIDE-LINES IN A CAST
NOW THE HALF-TIME AIR WAS SWEET PERFUME
WHILE THE SERGEANT PLAYED A MARCHING TUNE
WE ALL GOT UP TO DANCE OH….. BUT WE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE
‘COS 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 STATED SINGIN’….. Repeat Chorus.....
OH, AND THERE WE WERE ALL IN ONE PLACE
A GENERATION LOST IN SPACE
WITH NO TIME LEFT TO START AGAIN
SO COME ON JACK BE NIMBLE, JACK BE QUICK
JACK FLASH SAT ON A CANDLE-STICK, ‘COS
FIRE IS THE DEVILS ONLY FRIEND
OH, AND 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 RITE
I SAW SATAN LAUGHING WITH DELIGHT
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED, HE WAS SINGIN’….. Repeat Chorus.....
I MET A GIRL WHO SANG THE BLUES
AND I ASKED HER FOR SOME HAPPY NEWS
BUT 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… HM….
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 HOLLY GHOST
THEY CAUGHT THE LAST TRAIN FOR THE COST
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED AND THEY WERE SINGIN’, Repeat Chorus.....
# Don MC Lean #
