张国荣演唱会现场演唱：American Pie

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        沪江英乐: 1971年，一直默默无闻的美国民谣歌手Don McLean（唐·麦克林）在灵感泉涌中写下了一首超长的歌曲《American Pie》（美国派），不仅使他一夜成名，而且把他和他的这首作品一直流传到了21世纪的今天。1977年，张国荣拿这首歌参加了亚洲歌唱大赛，由于比赛时间的限制，哥哥Leslie在1977年的比赛中唱了一4分钟左右版本的American pie，成为亚军。
        【张国荣演唱会现场演唱：American Pie】
       
        歌词：
        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 may be they´d be happy for awhile
        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
        Something touch me deep inside the day the music died
        So
        * Bye bye， Miss American Pie
        Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
        Then good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
        Singing this´ll be the day that I die
        This´ll be the day that I die
        Did you write the book of love
        And do you have faith in God above
        If the Bible tells you so
        Now do you believe in rock and 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´re dancing in the gym
        You both kicked off your shoes，
        Man， I dig those rhythm and blues
        I was a lonely teenage broncing buck
        With a pink carnation and a pick-up truck
        But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died
        I started singing
        Now for ten years we´ve been on our own
        And moss grows fat on a rolling 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
        And while Lennin read a book on Marx
        The quarter practiced in the park
        And we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died
        We were singing
        Helter-skelter in the summer swelter
        The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
        Eight miles high and falling fast
        It landed foul on 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 sergeants played a marching tune
        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 yield
        Do you recall what was revealed
        The day the music died
        We started singing
        And there we´re 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 candlestick
        ´Cause fire is the devil´s only friend
        And as I watched him on the stage
        My hands were clenched in fists of rage
        No angel born in hell could break that Satan´s spell
        And as the flame climbed high into the night
        To light the sacrificial rite
        I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died
        He was singing
        I met a girl who sang the blues
        And I asked for her some happy news
        But she just smiled and turned away
        I went down to the sacred store
        Where I heard the music years before
        But the man there said the music wouldn´t play
        In the streets the children screamed
        The lovers cried and the poets dreamed but not a word was spoken
        The church bells all were broken
        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 singing