American Pie
MadonnaA long, long time
I can still remember how that music to
make me
And I that if I had my
I could make those people
And maybe they'd be for a
Did you write the book of
And do you have faith in God
If the Bible tells you so
Now do you believe in Rock 'n' roll
And can music your soul
And can you teach me how to dance real
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cos I saw you dancin' in the
You both off your shoes
Man, I those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin'
With a carnation and a pick-up
But I knew that I was out of
The day the music
I started singing
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was
And good boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I
This'll be the day that I die
I met a who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and away
I went to the sacred
Where I'd heard the music before
But the man there said the music wouldn't
Well now, in the streets the children
The lovers , and the dreamed
But not a word was
The bells all were broken
And the men I admire the most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the
The day the music died
We started singin'
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'
American Pie is about music throughout the 1950s, 60s and early 70s. He begins by talking about "the day the music died," February 3, 1959, when three musical stars died in a plane crash: rock pioneer Buddy Holly, the DJ known as the Big Bopper, and Richie Valens, author of "La Bamba. Elvis Presley was drafted and Chuck Berry was arrested for messing with a prostitute.
"Day the Music Died" = Plane crash (buddy holley)
"Girl who sang the blues" = Janis Joplin
"Father, Son & The Holy Ghost" = John Kennedy, Robt. Kennedy & Martin Luther King.
http://www.whrc-wi.org/americanpie.htm
The "broncin' buck" expression originates from "bucking bronco", a wild horse that is vicious and difficult or impossible to break in, where "bronco" means an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang and to buck means to resist. (A bronco is an untamed horse)
"I was a teenage broncin' buck" - He was a wild and aggresive hormone driven teenager.
To make your shoes come off by shaking your feet.
To remove one's shoes by making a kicking motion
We want you to relax, kick off your shoes, and just get down-home comfortable.