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J O H N M C L E A N
American Pie
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A long long time ago,
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they’d be happy for a while
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Why were they sad?
3 February 1959
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the J.P Richardson a.k.a Big Bopper
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Killed in aeroplane crash
Known as the day the music died
Why? Biggest upcoming artists of that time
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But February made me shiver,
With every paper I’d deliver
Bad news on the door step,
I couldn’t take one more step.
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I cant remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.
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Buddy Holly was married just a month before.
His wife was pregnant.
After hearing about his death, she suffered a miscarriage.
The only thing of Holly’s that could be salvaged, were his glasses.
His wife now has them.
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Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and Rye
Singing this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die.
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Chevrolet television commercial in 1950’s
‘Drive your Chevrolet through the USA, America’s the greatest land of all. On a highway or a road along a levee... So make a date today to see the USA and see it in your Chevrolet.’
Levee – lever to raise. An embankment to prevent inundations, the steep bank of a river.
This will be the day that I die- Buddy Holly Hit. “That will be the day...that I die.”
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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 and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can 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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I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
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Now, for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But, that’s not how it used to be.
When the jester sand for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
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And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny clown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
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Assassination of John F Kennedy
12:30 pm Dealey Plaza, Texas
James Earl Ray
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Martin Luther King
1968
Lorraine Motel
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Chicago seven court case
Vietnam war 1959-1975
Protests against war
Arrested and put on trial
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And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
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Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
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The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance.
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Aleistar Crowley – Satanistic Bible
Anton Lavey – Church of Satan
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Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
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Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
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So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devils only friend
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And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan’s spell
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And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died.
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I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
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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
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And in the street the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken,
The church bells all were broken
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And the three men I admire most:
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
The caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.