A long, long ago... I can still How that music to make me smile. And I knew if I had my That I could make those people And, maybe, they'd be for a while.
But february me shiver With every I'd deliver. Bad on the doorstep; I take one more step.
I remember if I cried When I read about his bride, But touched me deep inside The day the died.
So bye-bye, american pie. Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. And them good old were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
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 save your mortal soul, And can you teach me how to real slow?
Well, I that you're in love with him `cause I saw you in the gym. You both off your 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 singin', "bye-bye, american pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. Them good old boys drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
Now for ten we've been on our own And moss fat on a rollin' stone, But not how it used to be. the jester sang for the king and queen, In a he borrowed from james dean And a voice came from you and me,
Oh, and while the was looking down, The jester his thorny crown. The courtroom was No was returned. And while lennon a book of marx, The quartet in the park, And we sang in the dark The day the died.
We singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. Them good old boys were whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
skelter in a summer swelter. The birds flew off a fallout shelter, Eight miles and falling fast. It foul on the grass. The players for a forward pass, With the jester on the in a cast.
Now the air was sweet perfume While the played a marching tune. We all got up to dance, Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players to take the field; The band refused to yield. Do you recall was revealed The day the music
We singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. Them good old were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
Oh, and we were all in one place, A generation lost in With no time to start again. So on: jack be nimble, jack be quick! Jack flash sat on a Cause fire is the only friend.
Oh, and as I watched him on the My hands clenched in fists of rage. No angel born in break that satan's spell. And as the flames climbed into the night To light the rite, I saw satan laughing delight The day the died
He was singing, "bye-bye, american pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for happy news, But she smiled and turned away. I down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the years before, But the man there said the wouldn't play.
And in the the children screamed, The cried, and the poets dreamed. But not a word was The bells all were broken. And the men I admire most: The father, son, and the ghost, caught the last train for the coast The day the died.
And were singing, "bye-bye, american pie." my chevy to the levee, But the was dry. And them good old boys were whiskey and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
They singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. Them good old boys were whiskey and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die."