You've departed: *no* "Fool's Paradise"         [1]
Rock 'n roll, you brought a brand new style
It's so easy, loving Peggy Sue                             [2] [3]
Ways of love: true; Words of love, too         [4] [5]
You're a genius, lost to skies
Rave on, 'spite of your demise                     [6]

To say "Good-bye, Holly": Ow!
I could listen to you "everyday", forever         [7] [8]
We're gonna love you too, it's true: mod-ern Don Juan?         [9] [10]
Bo Diddley song         [11]

Feb the Third: It's raining in my heart                   [12]
You're gone? It does--n't matter anymore         [13]
See that rainbow? Fame: away, not fade         [14]
We listen to you, but *what* to do?           [15] [16]
Flight: The plane fell from the sky
That -- 'll be the day we die         [17]

'Cause,
Early in mourning: Wow!         [18]
Crying, waiting, hoping you would live forever         [19]
No, love has made no fool of you; your "heart-beat" strong         [20] [21]
Wish-ing: for long         [22]

[interlude -- 50 years go by; others cover Buddy's hits; rock goes on; oldies still being redone today]

You're no "square", Buddy, now                 [23]
Reminiscing: blue days, black nights, now, forever         [24] [25]
So, married, is dear Peggy Sue? It's too late now;           [26] [27]
So, tell me how: --                     [28]

-- Lookin' for one to love         [29]
And I think it over: midnight shift; and oh, boy ;-(         [30] [31] [32]
Some "Baby", maybe: Love me, too         [33] [34]
As we love you
And think of you

Say "Good-bye", Holly? Ow!
Rock around with Ollie-vus, "Vee vill", forever         [35]
The Turtle learned the game from you         [36]
Tries: keep it strong
Each year: my song

We're gonna love you, too         [37]
For TT, your fame: "not fade away", forever         [14]
And ev'ry year he tributes you
Keep mem'ry strong
Good-bye; soooo long....

Filling my Holly vow....
[fade? Not so long as TT draws breath.]



Buddy Holly songs referenced (some obviously released posthumously):

[1] "Fool's Paradise" (1958)                        
[2] "It's So Easy" (1958)                                  
[3] "Peggy Sue" (1957)                                      
[4] "True Love Ways" (1960)                      
[5] "Words Of Love" (1957)                          
[6] "Rave On" (1958)                                            
[7] "Listen To Me" (1957)                              
[8] "Everyday" (1957)                                          
[9] "You've Got Love" (1964)                        
[10] "Modern Don Juan" (1956)                      
[11] "Bo Diddley" (1963)                                          
[12] "Raining In My Heart"(1959)                  
[13] "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (1959)
                                                                            [14] "Not Fade Away" (1957) [Most famous cover: Rolling Stones]
[15] "Listen To Me" (1957)                                    
[16] "What To Do" (1961)                                        
[17] "That'll Be The Day" (mixed with Don McLean's trib in this parody line)
[18] "Early In The Morning" (1958)              
[19] "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (1959)      
[20] "Love's Made A Fool Of You" (1964)
[21] "Heartbeat" (1958), and a pun on his new "beat" (R 'n R) still going strong
[22] "Wishing" (1963)                                                    
                              [23] "You're So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)" (1961)
[24] "Reminiscing" (1962)                                        
                    [25] "Blue Days, Black Nights" (1956)                        
[26] "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1956)        
[27] ""It's Too Late" (1957)                                      
[28] "Tell Me How" (1957)                                        
[29] "I’m Looking For Someone To Love"
[30] "Think It Over" (1958)                                        
[31] "Midnight Shift" (1959)                                    
[32] "Oh Boy!" (1957)                                                    
[33] "Maybe Baby" (1958)                                        
[34] "Love Me" (1958)                                                    
[35] "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" was the B-side of the hit, "That'll Be The Day".
(Horrible pun for a solemn tribute? A joyous tribute to what he gave us all: "Rock around with all of us".
TT somehow thinks Buddy would approve of the pun.)
[36] "Learnin' The Game" (1960)                        
[37] "I’m Gonna Love You Too" (1958)        

All of those in a three-year career. Imagine if he'd lived as long as, say, Keith Richards....