Karaoke Track: American Pie (Long) by Don McLean (DK Karaoke) - Karaoke Nerds

A long, long time ago
I can still remember

how that music

used to make me smile

A long, long time ago
I can still remember

how that music

used to make me smile

A long, long time ago
I can still remember

how that music

used to make me smile

used to make me smile

And I knew

if I had my chance
that I could make
ti

And I knew

if I had my chance
that I could make
those people dance

And maybe

those people dance

thefd be happy
for a While

But F ebruary

ma

for a While

But F ebruary

made me shiver
With ev,ry paper
Pd deliver

With ev,ry paper
Pd deliver

Bad news

on the doorstep,

Icc

Pd deliver

Bad news

on the doorstep,

I couldn't
take one more step

I carft remembel

take one more step

I carft remember

if I cried
When I read about
his Widowed bride

When I read about
his Widowed bride

Something touched me
deep inside
the day the music diec'

1de
the day the music died

the day the music died

So bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee

9 music died

So bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

And them

but the levee was dry

And them good old boys
were drinkin,
Whiskey and rye

Singini ,
this ll be the day

that I die
Thisil
Whiskey and rye

thistll be the day

that I die
Thistll be the day
that I die

Thisfll be the day
that I die

Did you .Write
the book of love,
and do you have faith
in God above
If the Bible tells you so

1V8,

and do you have faith

in God above
If the Bible tells you so

lave f aith

in God above
If the Bible tells you so

Now
If the Bible tells you so

Now do you believe in
rock and roll

Can music

save your mortal soul

And can you 1
rock and roll

Can music

save your mortal soul
And can you teach me
how to dance real slow

how to dance real slow

Well, I know
that you re in

love With him

how to dance real slow

that you re in

love With him
,Cause I saw you
dancin, in the gym

aw you
dancin, in the gym

You both

kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those
rhythm and blues

Man, I dig those
rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage
broncin, buck

With a pink carnation
1 blues

I was a lonely teenage
broncin, Luck

With a pink carnation
and a pickup truck

But I knew
I was 01'
and a pickup truck

But I knew
I was out of luck

the day the music died

the day the music died

I started singint
bye-bye
Miss Am

the day the music died

bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Them good old boys
were drinkin, t
Wl

Singini
this ll be the day

that I die
drinkin, t
Whiskey and rye

die
Thisfll be the day t
that I die

Now for ten years
we,ve been on our
And moss grows

OWI'l

t

fat on a rollin, stone

.Jow for ten years
we,ve been on our
And moss grows

OWI'l

t

fat on a rollin, stone

But . t
fat on a rollin stone

t

how it used to be

When the jester sang

for the king and queen

in a coat he borrowed
frOI

When the jester sang

for the king and queen

in a coat he borrowed
from James Dean

And a voice that came

owed
from J ames Dean

And a voice that came
from you and me

Oh, and While the king
was looking down,
from you and me

Oh, and While the king
was looking down,
the jester stole
his thorny crown

the jester stole
his thorny crown

The courtroom

was adjourned,
no verdict

no verdict
was returned

And While Lenin

read a book on Marx,-

.ct
was returned

And While Lenin

read a book on Marx,-
the quartet

practiced in the park

And we 3

practiced in the park

And' we sang dirges
. in the dark,
the day the music died

the day the music died

We were singine,
bye-bye
Miss Ameri

the day the music died

re singini
bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

'ican Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Them good 01L

but the levee was dry

Singini
thi

were drinkin,
Whiskey and rye

thistll be the day

that I die
Thistll be the day
that I die

9311 be the day
that I die

Helter-skelter

in the summer swelter,
the birds flew off
With a fallout 5

Helter-Skelter

in the summer swelter,
the birds flew off

With a fallout shelter

off
With a fallout shelter

Eight miles high
and falling fast

It landed f oul

on the grass,
the players tried
and falling fast

It landed f oul

on the grass,
the players tried
for a forward pass

With

for a forward pass

on the sidelines
in a cast

Now the half-time ai

in a cast

Now the half-time air
was sweet perfume

While the sergeants

played a marching tune

IW the half-time air
was sweet perfume
While the sergeants
played a marching tune

We all got up to dance,
oh, but w
played a marching tune

got up to dance,

oh, but we
never got the chance

,Cause the players triet'

never got the chance

,Cause the players tried
to take the field,

the marching band
refused to yield

the marching band
refused to yield

Do you recall
What was revealed,
the day the music d1

5 revealed,
the day the music died

the day the music died

We started singini
bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy

to the levee
sic died

bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

evee
but the levee was dry

dd boys
were drinkin,
Whiskey and (rye

Singini
this ll be the day

that I die
Thisfll be the day
th. (

Thisfll be the day
that I die

Oh, and there we were

all in one place,
a generation

Oh, and there we were

all in one place,
a generation

lost in space

a generation
lost in space

With no time
left to start ag...

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So come on,

Jack be nimble,
Jack be qI

left to start again

J ack be nimble,

Jack be quick,
Jack F lash

sat on a candlestick

1 Flash
sat on a candlestick

,Cause f ire is the deviFs
only f riend

Oh, and as I
watched him
on the stage,

my hands
were clenched

in fists of rage

on the stage,

my hands
were clenched

in fists of rage

No angel borI
were clenched

in fists of rage

No angel born in hell

could break
that Satan,s spell

And as the Han

that Satads spell

.lames
climbed high

into the night

to light
the sacrificial rite

to light
the sacrificial rite

I saw Satan laughing
with delight,

the day the I

IW Satan laughing
with delight,
the day the music died

the day the music died

He was singin,,
bye-bye
Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy
t0 the leve-
the day the music died

bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Them good old boys
were drinkin,
Whiskey and 1

Singini
this ll be the day

that I die

Thisfll be the
Whiskey and rye

Thisfll be the day
that I die

Thisfll be the day
that I die

I met a girl

who sang the blues,
and I asked her
for some happy 4

I met a girl
Who sang the blues,

and I asked her
for some happy news

and I asked her
for some happy news

But she just smiled
and turned away

and turned away

I went down

to the sacred store
Where Yd heard
the music years bet

I went down
to the sacred store

Where I,d heard
the music years before

the music years before

But the man there
said the music

wouldn,t pla...

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And in the streets
the children sc

wouldn,t play

And in the streets

the children screamed,
the lovers cried

and the poets dreamed

I screamed,
the lovers cried

and the poets dreamed

But not a word
we

and the poets dreamed

But not a word

was spoken,

the church bells
all were broken

the church bells
all were broken

And the three men

I admire most,
the Father, Son

1.

And the three men

I admire most,
the Father, Son
and the Holy Ghost

and the Holy Ghost

They caught

the last train
for the coast,
the day the mus

the last train
for the coast,

the day the music died

the day the music died

And they were singint,
bye-bye
IV

the day the music died

And they were singin,,
bye-bye
Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy
t0 the levee
but the levee was dry

bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

avy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Them good old boys
were drinkin,
Whiskey and rye

c drinkin,
Whiskey and rye

thistll be the day

that I die
Thistll be the day
that I die

thistll be the day

that I die
Thistll be the day
that I die

Thisfll be the day
that I die

They were singini
bye-by

that I die

They were singin,,
bye-bye
Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy
t0 the levee
but the levee was dry

bye-bye
Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Drove my Chevy
to the levee
but the levee was dry

Them good old

but the levee was dry

hem good old boys
were drinkin,
Whiskey and rye

SinginZ
thisz be the day
that I (

thisz be the day
that I die

G3) 1 97 1

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Title: American Pie (Long)
Artist: Don McLean
Brand: DK Karaoke
(8 Other Versions)
Code: DKG2013-03
Genres: adult standards, classic rock, folk, folk rock, mellow gold, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock, heartland rock