A long, time ago... I can remember How that music to make me smile. And I if I had my chance That I could make those people And, maybe, be happy for a while.
But made me shiver With every I'd deliver. Bad on the doorstep; I take one more step.
I can't remember if I 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 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 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 love him I saw you dancin' in the gym. You both off your shoes. Man, I dig rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely teenage broncin' With a carnation and a pickup truck, But I knew I was out of The day the died.
I singin', "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."
Now for ten years we've 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 coat he from james dean And a that came from you and me,
Oh, and while the was looking down, The stole his thorny crown. The was adjourned; No was returned. And lennon read a book of marx, The quartet in the park, And we dirges in the dark The day the died.
We singing, "bye-bye, miss 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."
Helter in a summer swelter. The birds off with a fallout shelter, Eight miles high and fast. It foul on the grass. The tried for a forward pass, With the jester on the in a cast.
Now the half-time air was sweet While the played a marching tune. We all got up to dance, Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players tried to the field; The band refused to yield. Do you what was revealed The day the died?
We singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." my chevy to the levee, But the was dry. Them good old boys were drinkin' 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 lost in space With no left to start again. So come on: be nimble, jack be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the only friend.
Oh, and as I watched him on the My hands were in fists of rage. No born in hell Could break that spell. And as the flames climbed high the night To the sacrificial rite, I saw satan laughing with The day the music
He was 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."
I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for happy news, But she just smiled and away. I went down to the store Where I'd heard the years 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 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, miss pie." my chevy to the levee, But the was dry. And them good old boys drinkin' 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. good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die."