Died in a Plane Crash, Part One

Oooh Buddy and Big Bopper Flew with Ritchie that cold night See, The Bopper had the flu And so he opted for the sky He traded seats with Waylon Who then wound up on the bus And Tommy lost the coin toss Putting Ritchie up above They say that's the day the music died And I don't disagree It's bad enough when losing one We had to lose all three They were trying to get there fast But they died in an airplane crash Yeah, they Died in a plane crash Way too soon Died in a plane crash Headline news Now Patsy and the boys Played Kansas City, then flew home They tried to make their way to Nashville But their pilot lost control And Reeves, he had his license So he flew his plane himself But he turned left instead of right He spun and then he fell And let's remember Otis They say nobody knows The reason why his Beechcraft crashed Perhaps the airframe froze They were trying to get there fast But they died in an airplane crash Yeah, they Died in a plane crash Way too soon Died in a plane crash Headline news 'Course, everybody knows You don't mess around with Jim But his plane hit a pecan tree And that was the end of him Ronnie, Steve, and Cassie Flew away to Baton Rouge But hadn't made it all the way When they ran out of fuel Now, Randy was afraid to fly But still, he went on up That pilot was just showing off When his wing clipped Ozzy's bus They were trying to get there fast But they died in an airplane crash Yeah, they Died in a plane crash Way too soon Died in a plane crash Headline news They were trying to get there fast But they died in an airplane crash Yeah, they Died in a plane crash Way too soon Died in a plane crash Headline news Yeah, they Died in a plane crash Way too soon Died in a plane crash Headline news Died in a plane crash Way too soon Died in a plane crash Headline news Oooh Dateline News