Statistics for American Pie Lyrics

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Answer Stats

Lyric% Correct
A long, long {time} {ago}
96%
So bye, bye, Miss {American} {Pie}
96%
And them good ole boys were drinking {whiskey} and rye
94%
Drove my Chevy to the {levee} but the {levee} was dry
94%
Singin', "This will be the day that {I} {die}
94%
This will be the day that {I} {die}"
94%
I can still {remember}
92%
The day the {music} {died}
91%
That I could make those people {dance}
85%
We all got up to {dance}
85%
And do you have faith in {God} {above}
81%
But something touched me {deep} {inside}
81%
And I knew if I had my {chance}
80%
I couldn't take {one} {more} step
80%
Oh, but we never got the {chance}
80%
And maybe they'd be happy {for} {a} {while}
79%
Did you write the {book} {of} {love}
77%
How that music used to make me {smile}
77%
I can't remember if I {cried}
77%
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the {gym}
75%
Well I know that you're {in} {love} with him
75%
Do you believe in {rock} {and} {roll}
73%
If the {Bible} tells you so
73%
When I read about his {widowed} bride
73%
And can you teach me how to dance {real} {slow}
71%
But {February} made me shiver
71%
And moss grows fat on a {rolling} {stone}
69%
With every {paper} I'd deliver
69%
But I knew I was {out} {of} {luck}
67%
Man, I {dig} those rhythm and blues
67%
With a pink {carnation} and a pickup truck
67%
Can music save your {mortal} {soul}
66%
In a coat he borrowed from {James} {Dean}
66%
When the jester sang for the {king} {and} {queen}
65%
You both {kicked} {off} your shoes
65%
{Bad} {news} on the doorstep
63%
I was a lonely {teenage} broncin' buck
63%
So come on, Jack be {nimble}, Jack be quick
63%
The {courtroom} was adjourned
61%
The Father, Son, and the {Holy} {Ghost}
59%
Jack Flash sat on a {candlestick}
58%
No {verdict} was returned
56%
Now for {ten} {years} we've been on our own
56%
Oh and while the king was {looking} {down}
56%
But that's not how it {used} {to} {be}
55%
The jester stole his {thorny} crown
55%
And while Lennon read a book on {Marx}
54%
{Helter} {skelter} in the summer swelter
51%
The players tried for a {forward} pass
51%
{Eight} miles high and falling fast
48%
My hands were clenched in {fists} {of} {rage}
47%
The {marching} {band} refused to yield
47%
Could break that {Satan}'s spell
46%
I met a girl who {sang} {the} {blues}
46%
The bird flew off with a {fallout} shelter
46%
They caught the {last} {train} for the coast
46%
No {angel} born in hell
45%
The quartet {practiced} in the park
45%
A {generation} lost in space
44%
And I asked her for some {happy} {news}
44%
'Cause {fire} is the devil's only friend
44%
Now the half-time air was {sweet} {perfume}
44%
And a {voice} that came from you and me
43%
Do you {recall} what was revealed
43%
{Not} {a} {word} was spoken
43%
Cause the {players} tried to take the field
42%
I saw Satan {laughing} with delight
42%
And in the streets, the {children} screamed
41%
And the {three} {men} I admire most
41%
She just smiled and {turned} {away}
41%
To light the {sacrificial} rite
41%
But the man there said the music {wouldn}'{t} {play}
40%
Oh and as I watched him on the {stage}
40%
The lovers cried, and the {poets} dreamed
40%
Where I'd heard the music {years} {before}
39%
With the {jester} on the sidelines in a cast
39%
Oh, and there we were all in {one} {place}
38%
The {church} {bells} all were broken
38%
And we sang {dirges} in the dark
37%
I went down to the {sacred} store
33%
With no time left to {start} {again}
33%
And as the flames {climbed} high into the night
28%
While the {sergeants} played a marching tune
23%
It landed {foul} on the grass
20%

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