Verse 1
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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 if I had my chance
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That I could make those people dance
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And maybe they'd be happy for a while
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But February made me shiver
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With every paper I'd deliver
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Bad news on the doorstep
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I couldn't take one more step
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I can't remember if I cried
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When I read about his widowed bride
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But something touched me deep inside
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The day the music died
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Chorus
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So 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 them good ole boys were drinking 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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Verse 2
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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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Do you believe in rock and roll
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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
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Man, I dig those rhythm and 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 I was out of luck
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The day the music died
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Verse 3
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Now for ten years we've been on our own
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And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
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But that's not how it used to be
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When the jester sang for the king and queen
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In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
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And a voice that came from you and me
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Oh and while the king was looking down
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The jester stole his thorny crown
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The courtroom was adjourned
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No verdict was returned
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And while Lennon read a book on Marx
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The quartet practiced in the park
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And we sang dirges in the dark
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The day the music died
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Fun quiz.
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1444104/weird-al-a-saga-begins-lyrics
(Oh, and for those saying otherwise, the quiz is very much correct with "whiskey and rye," confirmed in both the 2016 manuscript above and in the original 1970-ish manuscript that was sold at Christie's.)
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