1] A long, long ago... I can remember How music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my That I could make those dance And, maybe, be happy for a while But made me shiver With paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I take one more step I remember if I cried When I about his widowed bride But something touched me inside The day the died
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And good old boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye Singing, "This'll be the day I die "This'll be the day I die."
2] Did you the book of love And do you faith in God above If the Bible you so? Do you believe in 'n' roll Can music your mortal soul And can you teach me how to dance slow? Well, I know that in love with him I saw you dancin' in the gym You both kicked off shoes Man, I dig rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage buck With a carnation and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the died I singing
Bye, bye American Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
3] Now for ten we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' But that's not how it to be When the jester for the king and queen In a he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came you and me Oh, and while the king was down The jester his thorny crown The was adjourned; No was returned And while Lennon read a on Marx The practiced in the park And we sang in the dark The day the died We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
4] Helter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a shelter Eight miles high and fast It landed foul on the The tried for a forward pass With the on the sidelines in a cast Now the air was sweet perfume While the sergeants played a tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the tried to take the field; The marching refused to yield Do you recall what was The day the died? We started
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
5] Oh, and there we were all in one A lost in space no time left to start again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Flash sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the only friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in of rage No born in hell Could break that spell And as the flames high into the night To the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with The day the died We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
6] I met a girl who the blues And I her for some happy news But she smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the wouldn't play And in the streets: the children The lovers cried, and the poets But not a was spoken; The church bells all were And the men I admire most: The father, son, and the holy They the last train for the coast The day the died And they were
Verse] And there I stood and afraid I dropped to my and there I prayed And I promised him everything I could If he would make the music live And he it would live once more But this one would equal four And in five years had come to mourn And the was reborn
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die were singing Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die