American Pie (midi)
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1. A
long, long time ago, I can still remember how
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that
music used to make me smile.
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I
knew if I had my chance 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, 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.
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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and
rye, singin'
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This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the
day that I die.
2. 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,
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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,
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`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
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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 the day, the music, died.
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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and
rye, singin'
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This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the
day that I die.
3. 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, no verdict was returned.
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And
while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practised in the park,
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and
we sang dirges in the dark the day, the music, died.
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We
were singin'...
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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and
rye, singin'
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This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the
day that I die.
4. Helter-skelter in the 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, 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 that halftime 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, but we never got the chance,
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`cause 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, the day, the music, died.
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We
started singin'...
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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and
rye, singin'
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This'll be the day that I die, This'll be the
day that I die.
5. I
met a girl who sang the blues 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 where I 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, the church bells all were broken.
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And the
three men I admire most, the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost,
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they
caught the last train for the coast, the day, the music,
died.
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And
they were singin'....
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 ole' boys were drinkin' whiskey and
rye, singin'
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This'll be the day that I die.