1] A long, time ago... I can still How that used to make me smile And I knew if I had my I could make those people dance And, maybe, be happy for a while But made me shiver With every paper I'd Bad news on the I couldn't one more step I can't remember if I When I read his widowed bride But touched me deep inside The day the music
So bye-bye, Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them old boys were drinking 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 in God above If the tells you so? Do you believe in 'n' roll Can music save your mortal And can you teach me how to dance real Well, I know that you're in with him `cause I saw you in the gym You both off your shoes Man, I dig rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage broncin' With a pink and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the music I singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die be the day that I die
3] Now for ten years been 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 he borrowed from James Dean And a that came from you and me Oh, and while the king was down The stole his thorny crown The courtroom was No verdict was And while Lennon read a on Marx The practiced in the park And we sang dirges in the The day the died We were
Bye, bye Miss 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
4] Helter in a summer swelter The birds off with a fallout shelter miles high and falling fast It foul on the grass The players tried for a forward With the jester on the in a cast Now the half-time air was perfume While the sergeants 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 recall what was The day the died? We started
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die be the day that I die
5] Oh, and we were all in one place A lost in space no time left to start again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's friend Oh, and as I watched him on the My hands clenched in fists of rage No born in hell Could break that spell And as the flames climbed high into the To light the sacrificial I saw Satan laughing with The day the died We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my 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 some happy But she just and turned away I went to the sacred store I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the wouldn't play And in the the children screamed The lovers cried, and the poets But not a was spoken; The church bells all were And the three men I admire The father, son, and the holy They caught the last train for the The day the died And they were
[Deleted And there I alone and afraid I dropped to my and there I prayed And I promised him everything I could If only he make the music live And he promised it would live once But this one would equal four And in five years had come to mourn And the music was
Bye, bye American Pie my Chevy to the levee 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 They were Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die