1] A long, long ago... I can still How that music to make me smile And I if I had my chance I could make those people dance And, maybe, they'd be happy for a But made me shiver With paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I take one more step I can't if I cried When I about his widowed bride But something me deep inside The day the music
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good old boys were whiskey 'n rye Singing, "This'll be the day I die "This'll be the day I die."
2] Did you the book of love And do you have faith in God If the Bible you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music save your mortal And can you teach me how to dance real Well, I know you're in love with him `cause I saw you in the gym You both kicked off your Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a lonely broncin' buck a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of The day the music I singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
3] Now for ten years been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' But not how it used to be the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed James Dean And a voice that from you and me Oh, and while the king was down The jester stole his crown The courtroom was No was returned And while Lennon read a book on The quartet in the park And we dirges in the dark The day the music We were
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the 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
4] Helter skelter in a swelter The birds flew off with a shelter miles high and falling fast It foul on the grass The players tried for a forward With the jester on the sidelines in a Now the half-time air was sweet While the sergeants a marching tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players to take the field; The marching refused to yield Do you what was revealed The day the music We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
5] Oh, and there we all in one place A lost in space With no time left to start So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Flash sat on a candlestick Cause is the devil's only friend Oh, and as I watched him on the My hands were clenched in fists of No born in hell break that Satan's spell And as the flames climbed into the night To the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with The day the music We were
Bye, bye American Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
6] I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for happy news But she just smiled and turned I went down to the sacred Where I'd heard the music before But the man there said the music play And in the streets: the children The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The bells all were broken And the men I admire most: The father, son, and the holy caught the last train for the coast The day the music And they singing
Verse] And I stood alone and afraid I dropped to my knees and there I And I promised him everything I could If only he would make the live And he promised it live once more But this time one equal four And in five years four had come to And the was reborn
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee 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 They singing Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die