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American Pie Lyrics by Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist: Season 1, Episode 12 (Music From the Original TV Series

2020

[Intro]
[MAGGIE]
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
[DAVID]
But February made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn’t take one more step
[EMILY]
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
[Chorus: MAGGIE, DAVID, AND EMILY]
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n rye
Singin', "This’ll be the day that I die"
"This’ll be the day that I die"
[Verse 1]
[SIMON]
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Oh, do you believe in rock 'n roll
Can 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 dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
[MO]
Ooh, 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
I started singin'
[Chorus: MAGGIE, DAVID, EMILY, SIMON, AND MO]
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singin', "This’ll be the day that I die"
"This’ll be the day that I die"
[Verse 3]
[JOAN]
Now, for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone
But that’s not how it used to be
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
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
[HOWIE]
And while Lennon read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin'
[Chorus: MAGGIE, DAVID, EMILY, SIMON, MO, JOAN, AND HOWIE]
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n rye
Singin', "This’ll be the day that I die"
"This’ll be the day that I’ll die"
[Verse 4]
[MAX]
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 heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play
[MO]
And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
[MAX AND SIMON]
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
[MAGGIE]
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singin'
[Chorus: MAGGIE, DAVID, EMILY, SIMON, MO, JOAN, HOWIE, AND MAX]
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n rye
Singin', "This’ll be the day that I die"
"This’ll be the day that I die"
[Chorus: ZOEY]
And they were singin'
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n rye
The day the music died
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