1] A long, long ago... I can remember How that music used to me smile And I if I had my chance That I could those people dance And, maybe, they'd be for a while But February made me With every paper I'd Bad news on the I take one more step I remember if I cried When I read about his widowed But something touched me inside The day the music
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them 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 have in God above If the Bible you so? Do you believe in 'n' roll Can save your mortal soul And can you teach me how to dance slow? Well, I know that you're in love him I saw you dancin' in the gym You kicked off your shoes Man, I dig rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage broncin' a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of The day the died I singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
3] Now for ten years we've on our own And grows fat on a rollin' stone But not how it used to be When the jester sang for the and queen In a coat he borrowed from James And a voice that from you and me Oh, and while the king was looking The jester stole his thorny The courtroom was No was returned And Lennon read a book on Marx The practiced in the park And we dirges in the dark The day the died We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the 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
4] Helter in a summer swelter The flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles and falling fast It landed on the grass The players tried for a pass the jester on the sidelines in a cast Now the half-time air was perfume the sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the tried to take the field; The band refused to yield Do you what was revealed 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 be the day that I die
5] Oh, and there we all in one place A generation lost in With no time to start again So come on: be nimble, Jack be quick! Flash sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in of rage No angel born in break that Satan's spell And as the flames high into the night To light the rite I saw Satan laughing delight The day the died We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
6] I met a who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy But she just smiled and turned I down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music before But the man there the music wouldn't play And in the streets: the screamed The cried, and the poets dreamed But not a was spoken; The church bells all broken And the men I admire most: The father, son, and the holy caught the last train for the coast The day the music And were singing
Verse] And there I stood and afraid I dropped to my and there I prayed And I him everything I could give If only he would make the music And he promised it would once more But this time one would equal And in five years four had to mourn And the was reborn
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die were singing Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye this'll be the day that I die