American Pie

Текст песни Maxdown - American Pie

Long, long time ago
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
And I knew that if I had my chance
I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

Did you write the book of love?
And do you have faith in God above?
Did the Bible tell you so?
Are you believing in rock and roll?
And did the music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
You were walking out your shoes
And I did those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely Finnish rotten boy
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck

But I knew as I was dying of love
The day the music died

I started singing
Bye bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing, "This'll be the day that I die"
"This'll be the day that I die"

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd kept the music years before
But the man there said the music couldn't play

Well, out in the street the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
And the church bells all were broken
And the children and the poets
And the lovers and the kings
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

We started singing
Bye bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing, "This'll be the day that I die"