# A long, long time ago.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201 "2001-06-26T13:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/1 "2001-06-26T13:22:53Z")
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile… ---
**Author:** ![frobozz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@frobozz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frobozz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/2 "2001-06-26T13:37:51Z")
and I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they’d be happy for a while… ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/3 "2001-06-26T13:38:02Z")
_lights Zippo and waves it in the air_ ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/4 "2001-06-26T13:59:45Z")
But February made me shiver, with every paper I delivered… (now don’t sing that crappy Madonna remake in your head…what the hell was she thinking?!?) ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/5 "2001-06-26T14:04:39Z")
Bad news on the doorstep I couldn’t tkae one more step… (hmmm… what rhymes with step? I know! step!!!) ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/6 "2001-06-26T14:21:49Z")
I can’t remember if I cried… ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/7 "2001-06-26T16:39:39Z")
…when I read about his widowed bride, but… ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/8 "2001-06-26T16:45:25Z")
Something touched me deep inside ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/9 "2001-06-26T16:47:23Z")
…something touched me deep inside, the day the music died. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/10 "2001-06-26T16:57:23Z")
So, bye bye Miss American Pie ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/11 "2001-06-26T17:01:03Z")
[Say, this seems familiar… [wonder why](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75341) …] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/12 "2001-06-26T17:01:42Z")
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/13 "2001-06-26T17:09:36Z")
This one time, at band camp… Oh, sorry, wrong _American Pie_… Them good ol’ boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye Singin this’ll be the day that I die, this’ll be the day that I die ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/14 "2001-06-26T19:13:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*[Say, this seems familiar… [wonder why](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75341) …] > > 😉 \*\* Wow, that recently, huh? (Gotta work on my search technique. I SWEAR I searched for one before I began.) Oh well. Let’s kick this one into gear… Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/15 "2001-06-26T23:19:29Z")
And do you believe in Rock and Roll, can music save your mortal soul, And can you teach me, how to dance real slooow ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/16 "2001-06-27T03:07:49Z")
I know that you’re in love with him Cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/17 "2001-06-27T03:21:29Z")
You both kicked off your shoes, Man I dig those rhythm and blues, oooooo… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/18 "2001-06-27T03:45:59Z")
I was a lonely teenaged bronc’n buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck but I knew I was outta luck the day… the muuuusic died… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/19 "2001-06-27T04:00:33Z")
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, jack jump over the candle stick, cuz fire is the devil’s only friend. When the jester sang for the king and queen, in a coat he borrowed from James Dean, in a voice that came from you and me . . . ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201/20 "2001-06-27T04:03:57Z")
[from devil] 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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-long-time-ago/70201.md?page=2)