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A long long tlms ago . I ean still remembet how thet mwic used to make me smile

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Ard I know if I had my chance . Th*t I could make thGe people dance

And mybe they'd be happy for a while.

But February mede me shiver . With every paper I'al dellver ' B&d lews ou the d@rstep

I couldn't take ole mee step

I can't remeDber tf I Grted . When I read about hts widowed bride . But somethirg toEched me d@p inside

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T'he d&y the muslc dled

Sing'in' thts'Il bG tbe day thst I die . Thi6'U be tbe dsy that I die

But I kDew I wes out of luck . The day iho music died

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Now fol ten years we've been oE c:_ : --And moss grows lat on a rollin sr:1.But that's not how it used to be

When the jesler sang for lhe X'Ei a: .h a coat he bouowed flom Jme. >;And a voice rhat cm€ fro,n Jou d: :Oh. and while the Klng was lmk=i : . :

The Jester stole his thorny crocaThe courtroon wrs adiournedNo verdict wes returnedAnd whlle Lsnnon read a book of ]L-The quartet practised in tlre pukAnd we sang dilges tr the dakThe day the music dted (We sere .:-ji

Helter Skelter in a sulrmer sselr.:fre Byrds flew offwith a fallout s:.--'-Eight miles high and fauing fastIt landed foul o[t on the gassThe players tried for a foreard pssWith the jester on the sidelires E : :',-

Now the half-time air was sueet p.---.mile the Sergeants played a ffi::.: '-We aU got up to dance

Oh, but we never got the chance

'Cause the players tried to take ti. : - :The marching band retused to ri€t:Do you recall what was revealedThe day the music died (we stan.: . j - - .

Oh, md there we were all in one pl::*A generation Lost in SpaceWtth no time reft to stat agaiuSo come on, Jack be ntmble. JacL b :- 'Jack Flash sat on a cendlestick'Cause tue is the Devtl's only flielaOh, atrd as I watched htm on th€ sta!!My hends were clenched ir fists oI::irNo mgel boril tn hellCould break that Satu's spellAnd as the flames climbed rrigh

lnto the nightTo light the sacrificar riteI Eaw Satil laughing with delightThe day the milstc died (He was sEi-=:

I met a girr who sang the bruesAnd I asked her fo! some happy DesBut she just sdled and turred asal'I went down to the sacred storeffierc I'd hedd the musi€ yeus bei:r:But the mm there sald the music

wo[Itu't playAnd in tbe streets the children screE:The lovers cried, and the poets &e.c-:But not a word was spokenThe church bells all were brokeDAnd the three men I admile mostThe Fathet Son and the Holy Ghost

They ceught the last train for the co---The day the music dted(And they were sinsing)

They were singirg bye-bye,Miss American Pie

Drove my chevy to the revee

But the levee uas &yThem good old boys we}e

drinktng whiskey dd ryeStngtn' this'U be the day that I die

So bye.bye, Mi3s America! Ple . Drove my ChevJr to the le!@ ' But the lev@ w&6 dry

ADd them good old boys were driDkiD' whiskey 4!d rye

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Did yon wite the b@k of love . And do you h&ve faith i! God abovF ' If the Bible tells you so

Do you belleve i[ r@k 'n' roll . Cu mualc save your nortel rcrI . And cu yfl te*h me how to dence real slow

Well, I klow that you'r€ lr lsve witJr him . 'C&uae I saw you duci[' in the gym . You both Btcked off your st@a

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