[00:01.14]American Pie - The King's Singers (国王歌手合唱团) [00:03.71]A long long time ago i can still remember [00:08.542]How that music used to make me smile [00:13.801]And i could make those people dance [00:19.518]That i could make those people dance [00:25.588]And maybe they'd be happy for a while [00:27.416]But february made me shiver [00:31.825]With every paper i'd deliver [00:35.889]Bad news on the doorstep [00:39.550]I couldn't take one more step [00:44.09]I can't remember if i cried [00:47.380]When i read about his widowed bride [00:50.789]But something touched me deep inside [00:55.685]The day the music died [01:06.90]So bey-bey miss American pie [01:12.999]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [01:18.864]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [01:25.117]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [01:29.157]This'll be the day that i diea [01:31.905]Now for ten years we've been on our own [01:41.523]And moss grows fat on a rolling stone [01:44.861]But that's not how it used to be [01:48.948]When the jester sang for the king and queen [01:54.12]In a coat he borrowed from james dean [01:57.326]And a voice that came from you and me [02:04.505]Oh and while the king was looking down [02:08.354]The jester stole his thorny crown [02:11.769]The courtroom was adjourned [02:15.19]No verdict was returned [02:18.453]And while lennon read a book of marx [02:22.512]The quartet practiced in the park [02:26.98]And we sang dirges in the dark [02:29.711]The day the music died [02:35.507]And we were singing bey-bey miss American pie [02:39.975]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [02:43.750]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [02:47.146]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [02:51.291]This'll be the day that i diea [02:55.711]Oh and there we were all in one place [02:59.865]A generation lost in space [03:03.544]With no time left to start again [03:08.280]So come on jack be nimble jack be quick [03:12.43]Jack flash sat on a candlestick [03:15.160]Cause fire is the devil's only friend [03:22.656]Oh and as i watched him on the stage [03:26.437]My hands were clenched in fists of rage [03:29.971]No angel born in hell [03:33.463]Could break that satan's spell [03:36.266]And as the flames climbed high into the night [03:40.344]To light the sacrificial rite [03:42.873]I saw satan laughing with delight [03:47.782]The day the music died [03:53.522]And he was singing bey-bey miss American pie [03:57.988]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [04:01.683]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [04:04.900]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [04:08.249]This'll be the day that i diea [04:09.953]I met a girl who sang the blues [04:19.946]And i asked her for some happy news [04:23.384]But she just smiled and turned away [04:27.472]I went down to the sacred store [04:31.232]Where i'd heard the music years before [04:34.881]But the man there said the music wouldn't play [04:42.270]And in the streets the children screamed [04:47.140]The lovers cried and the poets dreamed [04:51.182]But not a word was apoken [04:53.957]The church bells all were broken [05:00.391]And the three men i admire most [05:04.780]The father son and the holy ghost [05:08.569]They caught the last train for the coast [05:12.655]The day the music died [05:22.925]And they were singsing bey-bey miss American pie [05:31.610]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [05:37.569]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [05:42.48]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [05:47.227]This'll be the day that i diea [05:49.702]Bey-bey miss American pie [06:00.87]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [06:05.613]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [06:10.981]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [06:14.53]This'll be the day that i diea [06:17.689]Singing this'll be the day that i diea