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