1] A long, long ago... I can remember How that music used to me smile And I if I had my chance I could make those people dance And, maybe, they'd be happy for a But February made me With paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I couldn't take one more I remember if I cried When I read about his bride But something touched me deep The day the music
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good old boys drinking whiskey 'n rye Singing, "This'll be the day I die "This'll be the day I die."
2] Did you write the book of And do you have in God above If the Bible you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can save your mortal soul And can you me how to dance real slow? Well, I know you're in love with him I saw you dancin' in the gym You both off your shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a lonely teenage buck With a pink carnation and a truck But I I was out of luck The day the died I started
Bye, bye Miss 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
3] Now for ten years been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' But that's not how it to be When the jester sang for the king and In a he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came you and me Oh, and while the was looking down The jester stole his crown The courtroom was No was returned And while Lennon a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the And we sang in the dark The day the music We were
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 for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a Now the half-time air was sweet While the played a marching tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players to take the field; The marching band refused to Do you what was revealed The day the music We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
5] Oh, and we were all in one place A generation in space With no left to start again So on: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick! Flash sat on a candlestick Cause is the devil's only friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of No born in hell Could break Satan's spell And as the flames climbed high into the To light the sacrificial I saw Satan laughing with The day the died We were
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee 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
6] I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for some happy But she just smiled and away I went down to the store Where I'd heard the years before But the man there said the music play And in the the children screamed The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a was spoken; The church bells all were And the men I admire most: The father, son, and the ghost They caught the last for the coast The day the died And they were
Verse] And there I alone and afraid I to my knees and there I prayed And I him everything I could give If only he would make the live And he promised it would once more But this time one equal four And in five years four had come to And the music was
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the 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 were 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