Karaoke Track: American Pie (Long) by Don McLean (Sweet Georgia Brown) - Karaoke Nerds

A long long time ago
I can still remember now

that music used to make
me smile

And I knew ifl had my
chance

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That I could make those
people dance

And maybe they'd be happy
for a while '

But Feerary made me

shiver with every paper
I'd deliver

Bad-news pn the doorstep
I couldn't take one more
step

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I can't remember ifl cried
when I read about his
widowed bride

And something touched me
deepAinside '

The day the music died

ByE-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry

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And themugood old boys
were drinking whiskey and
rye

Did-you write the book of
love
Singin' this' ll be the day that

I die
This' ll be the day that I die

Did-you write the book of
love

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And do you have faith
in God above
If the bible tells you so,

Aahh,' Do you believe
in rock n' roll '

Can muSic save your'
mortal soul

Andean you teach me how
to dance real slow

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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

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l was a lonelylteenage
bronckin' buck

With a pink carnation and
a pickup-truck
But I knewil was outta luck
The day the music died

' I started singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie
With a pink carnation and
a pickup-truck
But I knewil was outta luck
The day the music died

I started singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie

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Drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry

Now for ten years welve
been on our owni

And mossi grows fat orra
rollin' stone

BUte-that's not how it used
to be

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When the jester sang for
the king and queen

In a coat'he- borrowed from
James Dean '

And a voice that came from
you and me

Oh and while the king was
looking down
In a coat he borrowed from
James Dean i
And a vnicei that came from
you and me

Oh and while the king was
looking down

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The jester stole. his thorny
crown

And while Lennon read a
book on Marx
The courtroom was
adjourned
Now a verdict was 'i'eturned

And while Lennon read a
book on Marx

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The court kept practice
in the park

' We were singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie
And we sang dirges in'the
dark e
The day the music died

We were singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie

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Drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry

Helter-skelter in the

summer swelter
The birds flew off t6 a

falloLIt shelter '
Eight miles high and fallin'
fast.

'It- landed Fell out on
Helter-s'kelter in the
summer swelter
The birds flew off t6 a
fallout shelter '
Eight miles high and fallin'
fast--

With the jester on the
sidelines in a casEt

Now the half-time air was
sweet perfume

While sergeants played a
mardhing tune
With the jester on the
sidelines.- in a cagt
Now the hhlf-time air was
sweet perfume

Cause the players tried to
take the field '

The marching band refused
to yield

We started singinL
Bye bye'Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry

Arid them good old boys
were drinking whiskey
- and rye

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Singin' this'iI be the day that
I die.-
This'll be the day that I die

Whoa and there we were all
in one place e
A genenatibn lost ih space
But no time left to start
again

So Come on Jack-be-nimble
Jack-be-quick

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Jack Flash sat on a
candlestick

Cause fire is the devil'sonly
friend '

Oh and as I watched him
on the stage

My hands were clenched in
fists of rage
Cause fire is the devil's'only
frien-d
Oh and asi I watched him
on the stage

We were singin' a
Bye bye'Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry

I met a girl who sang
'the blues '

And I asked he'r for some
happy news

And she just smiled
and turned away

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lwent down to the sacred
store

Where I'd heard the music
yearsbefore '

But the man there said
the music wouldn't play

But in the streets the
children screamed

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The lovers cried and the
poets dreamed

But not a word was spoken
The church bells wi-re

J allibroken '

Andthe three men I admire
most

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The Father Son and the
Holy Ghost

They caught the last train
for the coast '

The day the music died

And they were singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie

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I

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Drove my CheVy to the levy
but the levy was dry

Singin' this'll be the day that
I die

This'll be the day that I die

They were singin'
Bye bye'Miss American Pie

Drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry

And them good old boys
were drinking whiskey
' and rye

l

.J

Singin' this'll' be the day
that I die

Title: American Pie (Long)
Artist: Don McLean
Brand: Sweet Georgia Brown
(8 Other Versions)
Code: SGBKFP201-04
Genres: adult standards, classic rock, folk, folk rock, mellow gold, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock, heartland rock