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Song lyrics:
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO
I CAN STILL REMEMBER
HOW THAT MUSIC USED
TO MAKE ME SMILE
AND I KNEW THAT
IF I HAD MY CHANCE
I COULD MAKE
THOSE PEOPLE DANCE
AND MAYBE THEY'D BE
HAPPY FOR A WHILE
DID YOU WRITE
THE BOOK OF LOVE
AND DO YOU HAVE
FAITH IN GOD ABOVE
IF THE BIBLE TELLS YOU SO
NOW DO YOU BELIEVE
IN ROCK 'N' ROLL
AND CAN MUSIC
SAVE YOUR MORTAL SOUL
AND CAN YOU TEACH ME
HOW TO DANCE REAL SLOW
WELL, I KNOW THAT
YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH HIM
'CAUSE I SAW YOU
DANCIN' IN THE GYM
YOU BOTH KICKED
OFF YOUR SHOES
MAN, I DIG THOSE
RHYTHM AND BLUES
I WAS A LONELY TEENAGE
BRONCIN' BUCK
WITH A PINK CARNATION
AND A PICK-UP TRUCK
BUT I KNEW THAT
I WAS OUTTA LUCK
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
I STARTED SINGIN'
BYE, BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
AND GOOD OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN' THIS'LL BE
THE DAY THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE
THE DAY THAT I DIE
I MET A GIRL
WHO SANG THE BLUES
AND I ASKED HER
FOR SOME HAPPY NEWS
BUT SHE JUST SMILED
AND TURNED AWAY
WELL, I WENT DOWN
TO THE SACRED STORE
WHERE I'D HEARD THE MUSIC
YEARS BEFORE
BUT THE MAN THERE SAID
THE MUSIC WOULDN'T PLAY
WELL NOW, IN THE STREETS
THE CHILDREN SCREAMED
THE LOVERS CRIED
AND THE POETS DREAMED
BUT NOT A WORD WAS SPOKEN
THE CHURCH BELLS
ALL WERE BROKEN
AND THE THREE MEN
I ADMIRE THE MOST
THE FATHER, SON
AND THE HOLY GHOST
THEY CAUGHT THE LAST TRAIN
FOR THE COAST
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
WE STARTED SINGIN'
BYE, BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
AND GOOD OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN' THIS'LL BE
THE DAY THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE
THE DAY THAT I DIE
BYE, BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
AND GOOD OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN' THIS'LL BE
THE DAY THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE
THE DAY THAT I DIE
WE STARTED SINGIN'
WE STARTED SINGIN'
WE STARTED SINGIN'
WE STARTED SINGIN'
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