[id:$00000000] [ti:American Pie (Album Version)] [ar:Madonna] [al:The Next Best Thing] [by:] [00:00.71]A long long time ago [00:03.63]I can still remember how that music used to [00:08.50]Make me smile [00:11.56]And I knew that if I had my chance [00:15.11]I could make those people dance [00:18.80]And maybe they'd be happy for a while [00:40.60]Did you write the book of love [00:43.30]And do you have faith in God above [00:48.15]If the Bible tells you so [00:53.17]Now do you believe in Rock 'n' roll [00:57.10]And can music save your mortal soul [01:01.47]And can you teach me how to dance real slow [01:08.65]Well I know that you're in love with him [01:12.46]'Cos I saw you dancin' in the gym [01:16.76]You both kicked off your shoes [01:20.13]Man I dig those rhythm and blues [01:23.94]I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck [01:28.11]With a pink carnation and a pick-up truck [01:31.80]But I knew that I was out of luck [01:35.79]The day the music died [01:42.42]I started singing [01:43.98]Bye bye Miss American Pie [01:47.09]Drove my Chevy to the levee [01:49.28]But the levee was dry [01:51.41]And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye [01:54.89]Singing this'll be the day that I die [01:59.45]This'll be the day that I die [02:09.50]I met a girl who sang the blues [02:12.56]And I asked her for some happy news [02:16.99]But she just smiled and turned away [02:21.96]I went down to the sacred store [02:26.15]Where I'd heard the music years before [02:30.08]But the man there said the music wouldn't play [02:37.44]Well now in the streets the children screamed [02:41.68]The lovers cried and the poets dreamed [02:45.55]But not a word was spoken [02:49.48]Tho church bells all were broken [02:52.98]And the three men I admire the most [02:56.97]The Father Son and the Holy Ghost [03:01.02]They caught the last train for the coast [03:04.77]The day the music died [03:11.45]We started singin' [03:12.95]Bye bye Miss American Pie [03:16.19]Drove my Chevy to the levee [03:18.25]But the levee was dry [03:20.06]And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye [03:24.05]Singing this'll be the day that I die [03:28.30]This'll be the day that I die [03:46.21]Bye bye Miss American Pie [03:49.01]Drove my Chevy to the levee [03:51.15]But the levee was dry [03:53.38]And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye [03:56.94]Singing this'll be the day that I die [04:01.18]This'll be the day that I die [04:05.43]We started singin' [04:09.35]We started singin' [04:13.17]We started singin' [04:16.97]We started singin'