[00:00.50]A long long time ago [00:03.63] [00:05.44]I can still remember [00:07.67] [00:08.24]How that music used to make me smile [00:11.99] [00:16.21]And I knew if I had my chance [00:19.93] [00:20.56]That I could make those people dance [00:23.64]And maybe they'd be happy for a while [00:27.29] [00:29.74]But February made me shiver [00:32.72] [00:33.33]With every paper I'd deliver [00:36.10] [00:37.12]Bad news on the doorstep [00:39.93] [00:40.74]I couldn't take one more step [00:44.10] [00:45.54]I can't remember if I cried [00:48.64]When I read about his widowed bride [00:52.61] [00:53.60]But something touched me deep inside [00:59.06]The day the music died [01:07.07] [01:09.30]Did you write the book of love [01:11.44]And do you have faith in God above [01:14.51] [01:15.40]If the Bible tells you so [01:17.45] [01:19.15]Now do you believe in rock and roll [01:22.46]Can music save your mortal soul [01:25.71]And can you teach me how to dance real slow [01:31.70]Well I know that you're in love with him [01:34.81]Cause I saw you dancing in the gym [01:38.25]You both kicked off your shoes [01:41.05]Man I dig those rhythm and blues [01:44.32]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck [01:47.44]With a pink carnation and a pickup truck [01:50.74]But I knew I was out of luck [01:53.70]The day the music died [01:57.81] [01:59.03]I started singing [02:00.21]Bye bye Miss American Pie [02:02.99]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [02:05.88] [02:06.47]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [02:09.16]Singing this'll be the day that I die [02:11.62] [02:12.88]This'll be the day that I die [02:15.10] [02:17.04]Now for ten years we've been on our own [02:20.30]And moss grows fat on a rolling stone [02:23.57]But that's not how it used to be [02:26.77] [02:27.94]When the Jester sang for the king and queen [02:31.17]In a coat he borrowed from James Dean [02:34.33]And a voice that came from you and me [02:39.41] [02:40.33]Oh and while the king was looking down [02:44.03]The Jester stole his thorny crown [02:47.05]The courtroom was adjourned [02:49.53] [02:50.18]No verdict was returned [02:52.91]And while Lenin read a book on Marx [02:56.49]The quartet practiced in the park [02:59.54]And we sang dirges in the dark [03:02.49]The day the music died [03:06.53] [03:07.73]We star to sing [03:08.94]Bye bye Miss American Pie [03:11.67]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [03:14.92]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [03:17.92]Singing this'll be the day that I die [03:20.42] [03:21.50]This'll be the day that I die [03:23.84] [03:26.47]Bye bye Miss American Pie [03:28.90]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [03:31.68] [03:32.34]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [03:35.01]Singing this'll be the day that I die [03:37.68] [03:38.77]This'll be the day that I die [03:40.71] [03:43.54]Bye bye Miss American Pie [03:45.93]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [03:48.76] [03:49.39]And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye [03:52.12]Singin