A long, time ago... I can still How that music to make me smile. And I if I had my chance That I could make people dance And, maybe, be happy for a while.
But made me shiver With every I'd deliver. Bad news on the I take one more step.
I can't remember if I When I about his widowed bride, But something 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 boys were drinkin' and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
Did you write the of love, And do you have in God above, If the tells you so? Do you believe in 'n roll, Can music save mortal soul, And can you teach me how to dance slow?
Well, I that you're in love with him I saw you dancin' in the gym. You both off your shoes. Man, I dig rhythm and blues.
I was a teenage broncin' buck With a pink and a pickup truck, But I I was out of luck The day the died.
I singin', "bye-bye, miss 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 grows fat on a rollin' stone, But not how it used to be. When the 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 old boys were drinkin' 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 high and falling fast. It landed on the grass. The players tried for a pass, With the jester on the in a cast.
Now the half-time air was perfume While the sergeants played a tune. We all got up to dance, Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players tried to take the The band refused to yield. Do you what was revealed The day the music
We singing, "bye-bye, american 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."
Oh, and there we all in one place, A generation in space With no time to start again. So on: jack be nimble, jack be quick! Jack flash sat on a Cause is the devil's only friend.
Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were in fists of rage. No angel in hell Could that satan's spell. And as the flames climbed high into the To light the rite, I saw laughing with delight The day the music
He was 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."
I met a who sang the blues And I asked her for some news, But she just and turned away. I went down to the store Where I'd heard the music before, But the man said the music wouldn't play.
And in the the children screamed, The cried, and the poets dreamed. But not a word was The church all were broken. And the three men I most: The father, son, and the ghost, They caught the train for the coast The day the died.
And were singing, "bye-bye, american pie." Drove my 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."
were singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." my chevy to the levee, But the was dry. Them old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die."