We Are Marshall movie - American Pie lyrics
rate meSong by Don Mclean<br /><br>
A long, long time ago...<br>
I can still remember<br>
How that music used to make me smile.<br>
And I knew if I had my chance<br>
That I could make those people dance<br>
And, maybe, theyd be happy for a while.<br>
<br>
But february made me shiver<br>
With every paper Id deliver.<br>
Bad news on the doorstep;<br>
I couldnt take one more step.<br>
<br>
I cant remember if I cried<br>
When I read about his widowed bride,<br>
But something touched me deep inside<br>
The day the music died.<br>
<br>
So bye-bye, miss american pie.<br>
Drove my chevy to the levee,<br>
But the levee was dry.<br>
And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye<br>
Singin, thisll be the day that I die.<br>
Thisll be the day that I die.<br>
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Did you write the book of love,<br>
And do you have faith in God above,<br>
If the Bible tells you so? <br>
Do you believe in rock n roll,<br>
Can music save your mortal soul,<br>
And can you teach me how to dance real slow? <br>
<br>
Well, I know that youre in love with him<br>
`cause I saw you dancin in the gym.<br>
You both kicked off your shoes.<br>
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.<br>
<br>
I was a lonely teenage broncin buck<br>
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,<br>
But I knew I was out of luck<br>
The day the music died.<br>
<br>
I started singin,<br>
Bye-bye, miss american pie.<br>
Drove my chevy to the levee,<br>
But the levee was dry.<br>
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye<br>
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.<br>
Thisll be the day that I die.<br>
<br>
Now for ten years weve been on our own<br>
And moss grows fat on a rollin stone,<br>
But thats not how it used to be.<br>
When the jester sang for the king and queen,<br>
In a coat he borrowed from james dean<br>
And a voice that came from you and me,<br>
<br>
Oh, and while the king was looking down,<br>
The jester stole his thorny crown.<br>
The courtroom was adjourned;<br>
No verdict was returned.<br>
And while lennon read a book of marx,<br>
The quartet practiced in the park,<br>
And we sang dirges in the dark<br>
The day the music died.<br>
<br>
We were singing,<br>
Bye-bye, miss american pie.<br>
Drove my chevy to the levee,<br>
But the levee was dry.<br>
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye<br>
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.<br>
Thisll be the day that I die.<br>
<br>
Helter skelter in a summer swelter.<br>
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,<br>
Eight miles high and falling fast.<br>
It landed foul on the grass.<br>
The players tried for a forward pass,<br>
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.<br>
<br>
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume<br>
While the sergeants played a marching tune.<br>
We all got up to dance,<br>
Oh, but we never got the chance!<br>
`cause the players tried to take the field;<br>
The marching band refused to yield.<br>
Do you recall what was revealed<br>
The day the music died? <br>
<br>
We started singing,<br>
Bye-bye, miss american pie.<br>
Drove my chevy to the levee,<br>
But the levee was dry.<br>
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye<br>
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.<br>
Thisll be the day that I die.<br>
<br>
Oh, and there we were all in one place,<br>
A generation lost in space<br>
With no time left to start again.<br>
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!<br>
Jack flash sat on a candlestick<br>
Cause fire is the devils only friend.<br>
<br>
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage<br>
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.<br>
No angel born in hell<br>
Could break that satans spell.<br>
And as the flames climbed high into the night<br>
To light the sacrificial rite,<br>
I saw satan laughing with delight<br>
The day the music died<br>
<br>
He was singing,<br>
Bye-bye, miss american pie.<br>
Drove my chevy to the levee,<br>
But the levee was dry.<br>
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye<br>
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.<br>
Thisll be the day that I die.<br>
<br>
I met a girl who sang the blues<br>
And I asked her for some happy news,<br>
But she just smiled and turned away.<br>
I went down to the sacred store<br>
Where Id heard the music years before,<br>
But the man there said the music wouldnt play.<br>
<br>
And in the streets: the children screamed,<br>
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.<br>
But not a word was spoken;<br>
The church bells all were broken.<br>
And the three men I admire most:<br>
The father, son, and the holy ghost,<br>
They caught the last train for the coast<br>
The day the music died.<br>
<br>
And they were singing,<br>
Bye-bye, miss american pie.<br>
Drove my chevy to the levee,<br>
But the levee was dry.<br>
And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye<br>
Singin, thisll be the day that I die.<br>
Thisll be the day that I die.<br>
<br>
They were singing,<br>
Bye-bye, miss american pie.<br>
Drove my chevy to the levee,<br>
But the levee was dry.<br>
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye<br>
Singin, thisll be the day that I die.<br>
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