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ISLAND REMEDY LYRICS

A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, I CAN STILL REMEMBER
HOW THE MUSIC MADE ME SMILE
I KNEW IF I HAD MY CHANCE, I COULD MAKE SOME PEOPLE DANCE
AND MAYBE THEY'D BE HAPPY FOR A WHILE
BUT FEBRUARY MADE ME SHIVER WITH EVERY PAPER I'D DELIVER
BAD NEWS ON THE DOORSTEP, I COULDN'T TAKE ONE MORE STEP
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****
DID YOU WRITE THE BOOK OF LOVE
DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD ABOVE, AS THE BIBLE TELLS YOU SO
NOW 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 RHYTHYM AND BLUES
I WAS A LONELY TEENAGE BRONCIN' BUCK
WITH A PINK CARNATION AND A PICK-UP TRUCK
BUT I KNEW I WAS OUT OF LUCK, THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED****

NOW FOR TEN YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ON OUR OWN
MOSS GROWS FAST 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 *
AND WHILE THE KING WAS LOOKING DOWN,
THE JESTER STOLE HIS THORNY CROWN
THE COURTROOM WAS ADJOURNED..NO VERDICT WAS RETURNED
AND WHILE LENIN READ A BOOK ON MARX
THE QUARTET PRACTICED IN THE PARK
WE SANG DIRGES IN THE DARK, THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED ****
HELTER, SKELTER IN A SUMMER SWELTER
THE BIRDS FLEW OFF TO A FALL-OUT SHELTER
8 MILES HIGH AND FALLIN' FAST
IT LANDED OUT IN THE GRASS..THE PLAYERS TRIED FOR A FORWARD PASS
WITH THE JESTER ON THE SIDELINES IN A CAST *
NOW THE HALF-TIME AIR WAS SWEET PERFUME
WHILE THE SARGEANTS PLAYED A MARCHING BAND
WE ALL GOT UP TO DANCE, BUT WE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE
CAUSE THE PLAYERS TRIED TO TAKE THE FIELD
THE MARCHING BAND REFUSED TO YIELDDO YOU RECALL WHAT WAS THE FEEL, THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED ****
OH, IN THERE, WE WERE ALL IN ONE PLACE
A GENERATION LOST IN SPACE, WITH NO TIME LEFT TO START AGAIN
SO COME ON JACK, BE NIMBLE, JACK, BE QUICK
JACK FLASH SAT ON A CANDLE STICK,CAUSE FIRE IS THE DEVIL'S ONLY FRIEND *
AS I WATCHED HIM ON THE STAGE
MY FISTS WERE CLINCHED WITH FISTED RAGE
NO ANGEL BORN IN HELL, COULD BREAK THAT SATAN SPELL
AND AS THE FLAMES CLIMBED HIGH INTO THE NIGHT
TO LIGHT THE SACRIFICIAL RITE
I SAW SATAN LAUGHING WITH DELIGHT, THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED