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 that if I had my chance
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I could make those people dance
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And maybe they'd be happy for a while
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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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Now do you believe in rock 'n roll
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And 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 shoes [both kicked off your shoes]
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Man, I dig those rhythm 'n 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 that I was out of luck
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The day the music died
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I started singin'
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Chorus:
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Bye bye Miss American Pie
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Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
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And good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
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Singin', "This will be the day that I die,
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This will be the day that I die."
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I met a girl who sang the blues
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And I asked her for some happy news
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But she just smiled and turned away
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Well I went down to the sacred store
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Where I'd heard the music years before
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But the man there said the music wouldn't play
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Well now in the streets the children screamed [the children screamed]
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The lovers cried and the poets dreamed [the poets dreamed]
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But not a word was spoken [not a word was spoken]
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The church bells all were broken
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And the three men I admire the most
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The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
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They caught the last train for the coast
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The day the music died
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We start singin'
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(chorus, repeat)
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We started singin'
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American Pie (Richard Humpty Vission Visits Madonna)
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| Madonna |
