A long, long ago... I can remember How that music used to me smile. And I if I had my chance That I make those people dance And, maybe, be happy for a while.
But made me shiver With paper I'd deliver. Bad news on the I couldn't take one step.
I can't remember if I When I read his widowed bride, But something touched me inside The day the died.
So bye-bye, miss pie. my chevy 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 the book of love, And do you have in God above, If the Bible you so? Do you in rock 'n roll, Can music save mortal soul, And can you teach me how to real slow?
Well, I know that you're in with him I saw you dancin' in the gym. You kicked off your shoes. Man, I dig those and blues.
I was a lonely teenage broncin' With a carnation and a pickup truck, But I I was out of luck The day the died.
I singin', "bye-bye, miss pie." my chevy 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."
Now for ten years been on our own And moss grows fat on a stone, But that's not how it to be. When the jester sang for the and queen, In a he borrowed from james dean And a voice that came you and me,
Oh, and while the king was down, The stole his thorny crown. The courtroom was No was returned. And lennon read a book of marx, The practiced in the park, And we sang dirges in the The day the died.
We singing, "bye-bye, american 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."
Helter skelter in a swelter. The birds flew off a fallout shelter, Eight miles high and fast. It landed on the grass. The players for a forward pass, With the on the sidelines in a cast.
Now the half-time air was sweet the sergeants played a marching tune. We all got up to dance, Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players to take the field; The marching band to yield. Do you recall was revealed The day the music
We 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."
Oh, and there we all in one place, A generation in space With no time to start again. So come on: jack be nimble, 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 born in hell Could break satan's spell. And as the flames climbed high into the To the sacrificial rite, I saw satan with delight The day the music
He was singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." my chevy 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."
I met a girl who sang the And I asked her for happy news, But she just smiled and away. I went to the sacred store Where I'd the music years before, But the man said the music wouldn't play.
And in the streets: the screamed, The lovers cried, and the dreamed. But not a word was The church all were broken. And the three men I admire The father, son, and the ghost, They the last train for the coast The day the died.
And they 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 drinkin' and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die."