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A long long time ago...
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I can still remember
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How that music used to make me smile
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And I knew if I had my chance
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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
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With every paper I?d deliver.
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Bad news on the doorstep
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I couldn?t take one more step
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I can?t remember if I cried
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When I read about his widowed bride
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But something touched me deep inside
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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
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But the levee was dry
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And them good old boys were drinkin? whiskey and rye
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Singin? 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
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And do you have faith in God above
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If the Bible tells you so?
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Do you believe in rock ?n roll
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Can music save your mortal soul
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And 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 dancin? in the gym
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You both kicked off your shoe
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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 pickup truck
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But I knew I was out of luck
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The day the music died
I started singin?
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Bye-bye miss american pie
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Drove my chevy to the levee
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But the levee was dry
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And them good old boys were drinkin? whiskey and rye
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Singin? 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
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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
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No verdict was returned
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And while lenin read a book of marx
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The quartet practiced in the park
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And we sang dirges in the dark
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The day the music died
We were singing
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Bye-bye miss american pie
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Drove my chevy to the levee
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But the levee was dry
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And them good old boys were drinkin? whiskey and rye
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Singin? this?ll be the day that I die
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This?ll be the day that I die
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Helter skelter in a summer swelter
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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
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With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
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Now the half-time 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
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Oh 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
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The day the music died?
We started singing
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Bye-bye miss american pie
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Drove my chevy to the levee
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But the levee was dry
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And them good old boys were drinkin? whiskey and rye
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Singin? this?ll be the day that I die
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This?ll be the day that I die
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Oh and there we were all in one place
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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!
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Jack flash sat on a candlestick
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Cause fire is the devil?s only friend
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Oh and as I watched him on the stage
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My hands were clenched in fists of rage
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No angel born in hell
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Could break that satan?s spell
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And as the flames climbed high into the night
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To light the sacrificial rite
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I saw satan laughing with delight
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The day the music died
He was singing
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Bye-bye miss american pie
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Drove my chevy to the levee
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But the levee was dry
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And them good old boys were drinkin? whiskey and rye
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