1] A long, long ago... I can still How that music to make me smile And I knew if I had my I could make those people dance And, maybe, they'd be happy for a But made me shiver With paper I'd deliver Bad news on the I couldn't take one step I can't if I cried When I read about his 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 them good old boys were 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 faith in God above If the Bible you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music save your mortal And can you me how to dance real slow? Well, I know you're in love with him `cause I saw you in the gym You both kicked off your Man, I dig those and blues I was a lonely broncin' buck With a pink and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the died I singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die be the day that I die
3] Now for ten we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a stone But that's not how it to be When the sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed James Dean And a voice came from you and me Oh, and while the king was down The jester his thorny crown The was adjourned; No verdict was And while Lennon a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the And we sang dirges in the The day the died We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the 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 skelter in a summer The flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles high and fast It landed on the grass The players tried for a forward With the jester on the in a cast Now the air was sweet 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 recall was revealed The day the music We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy 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
5] Oh, and there we were all in one A generation in space With no time to start again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the only friend Oh, and as I watched him on the My hands were clenched in of rage No angel in hell break that Satan's spell And as the flames high into the night To the sacrificial rite I saw laughing with delight The day the music We singing
Bye, bye American Pie my Chevy 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
6] I met a girl who sang the And I her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned I down to the sacred store I'd heard the music years before But the man there the music wouldn't play And in the streets: the screamed The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The church bells all broken And the three men I most: The father, son, and the ghost They caught the last train for the The day the died 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 it would live 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 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 They singing Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy 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