[Intro]
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Look up in the sky, up towards the north
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There are three new stars, brightly shining forth
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They're shining oh so bright, from heaven above
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Gee we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love
[Verse 1]
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Ritchie, you were just starting to realize your dreams
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Everyone calls me a kid, but you were only seventeen
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Now almighty God has called you, oh so far away
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Maybe it's to save some boy or girl, who might have gone astray
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And with your star shining through the dark and lonely night
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To light the path and show the way, the way that's right
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Gee we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love
[Verse 2]
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Buddy, I can still see you with that shy grin on your face
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Seems like your hair was always a little messed up, kinda out of place
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Now not many people actually knew you, or understood how you felt
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But just a song from, just a song from you could make the coldest heart melt
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Well, you're singing for God now, in his chorus in the sky
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Buddy Holly, I'll always remember you, with tears in my eyes
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Gee we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love
[Verse 3]
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I see a stout man, the Big Bopper's your name
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God called you to heaven, maybe for new fortune and fame
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Keep wearing that big Stetson hat, and ramble up to the mic
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And don't forget those wonderful words, "you know what I like"
[Outro]
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Look up in the sky, up towards the north
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There are three new stars, brightly shining forth
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They're shining oh so bright, from heaven above
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Gee we're gonna miss you, everybody sends their love