1] A long, time ago... I can still How that used to make me smile And I if I had my chance That I could those people dance And, maybe, they'd be happy for a But made me shiver every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the I take one more step I can't remember if I When I read about his widowed But touched me deep 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 drinking whiskey 'n rye Singing, "This'll be the day I die "This'll be the day I die."
2] Did you write the of love And do you faith in God above If the Bible you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music your mortal soul And can you teach me how to dance real Well, I know you're in love with him I saw you dancin' in the gym You both off your shoes Man, I dig those and blues I was a teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a truck But I I was out of luck The day the music I started
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole boys were drinking 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 fat on a rollin' stone But not how it used to be When the jester sang for the and queen In a coat he from James Dean And a voice came from you and me Oh, and the king was looking down The stole his thorny crown The was adjourned; No was returned And while read a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the And we sang in the dark The day the died We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
4] Helter skelter in a swelter The birds flew off with a fallout Eight high and falling fast It landed on the grass The players for a forward pass With the jester on the in a cast Now the half-time air was sweet the sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! the players tried to take the field; The marching refused to yield Do you what was revealed The day the music We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
5] Oh, and we were all in one place A generation in space With no time 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 him on the stage My hands clenched in fists of rage No angel in hell Could break that Satan's And as the flames climbed high into the To light the rite I saw Satan with delight The day the music We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
6] I met a who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy But she just smiled and away I went to the sacred store I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn't And in the streets: the children The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The bells all were broken And the three men I admire The father, son, and the ghost They caught the last for the coast The day the music And they were
Verse] And I stood alone and afraid I dropped to my knees and I prayed And I promised him everything I give If only he would make the live And he promised it would live more But this time one equal four And in five years four had come to And the music was
Bye, bye American Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die They were Bye, bye American Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' be the day that I die