[ti:American Pie] [ar:The King'S Singers] [al:Best Of The King's Singers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]American Pie - The King's Singers (国王歌手合唱团)/Don McLean (唐·麦克林) [00:03.07]A long long time ago i can still remember [00:08.54]How that music used to make me smile [00:13.80]And i could make those people dance [00:19.51]That i could make those people dance [00:25.58]And maybe they'd be happy for a while [00:27.41]But february made me shiver [00:31.82]With every paper i'd deliver [00:35.88]Bad news on the doorstep [00:39.55]I couldn't take one more step [00:44.00]I can't remember if i cried [00:47.38]When i read about his widowed bride [00:50.78]But something touched me deep inside [00:55.68]The day the music died [01:06.09]So bey-bey miss American pie [01:12.99]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [01:18.86]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [01:25.11]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [01:29.15]This'll be the day that i diea [01:31.90]Now for ten years we've been on our own [01:41.52]And moss grows fat on a rolling stone [01:44.86]But that's not how it used to be [01:48.94]When the jester sang for the king and queen [01:54.01]In a coat he borrowed from james dean [01:57.32]And a voice that came from you and me [02:04.50]Oh and while the king was looking down [02:08.35]The jester stole his thorny crown [02:11.76]The courtroom was adjourned [02:15.01]No verdict was returned [02:18.45]And while lennon read a book of marx [02:22.51]The quartet practiced in the park [02:26.09]And we sang dirges in the dark [02:29.71]The day the music died [02:35.50]And we were singing bey-bey miss American pie [02:39.97]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [02:43.75]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [02:47.14]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [02:51.29]This'll be the day that i diea [02:55.71]Oh and there we were all in one place [02:59.86]A generation lost in space [03:03.54]With no time left to start again [03:08.28]So come on jack be nimble jack be quick [03:12.04]Jack flash sat on a candlestick [03:15.16]Cause fire is the devil's only friend [03:22.65]Oh and as i watched him on the stage [03:26.43]My hands were clenched in fists of rage [03:29.97]No angel born in hell [03:33.46]Could break that satan's spell [03:36.26]And as the flames climbed high into the night [03:40.34]To light the sacrificial rite [03:42.87]I saw satan laughing with delight [03:47.78]The day the music died [03:53.52]And he was singing bey-bey miss American pie [03:57.98]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [04:01.68]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [04:04.90]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [04:08.24]This'll be the day that i diea [04:09.95]I met a girl who sang the blues [04:19.94]And i asked her for some happy news [04:23.38]But she just smiled and turned away [04:27.47]I went down to the sacred store [04:31.23]Where i'd heard the music years before [04:34.88]But the man there said the music wouldn't play [04:42.27]And in the streets the children screamed [04:47.14]The lovers cried and the poets dreamed [04:51.18]But not a word was apoken [04:53.95]The church bells all were broken [05:00.39]And the three men i admire most [05:04.78]The father son and the holy ghost [05:08.56]They caught the last train for the coast [05:12.65]The day the music died [05:22.92]And they were singsing bey-bey miss American pie [05:31.61]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [05:37.56]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [05:42.04]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [05:47.22]This'll be the day that i diea [05:49.70]Bey-bey miss American pie [06:00.08]Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry [06:05.61]Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye [06:10.98]Singing this'll be the day that i diea [06:14.05]This'll be the day that i diea [06:17.68]Singing this'll be the day that i diea