1] A long, long ago... I can remember How that music used to make me And I knew if I had my That I make those people dance And, maybe, they'd be happy for a But February made me With every I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I couldn't one more step I can't if I cried I read about his widowed bride But something me deep inside The day the music
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee 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 book of And do you have faith in God If the tells you so? Do you in rock 'n' roll Can music save your mortal And can you teach me how to dance slow? Well, I know that you're in love him I saw you dancin' in the gym You kicked off your shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a lonely teenage buck With a pink carnation and a truck But I I was out of luck The day the died I started
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee 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 years we've on our own And moss fat on a rollin' stone But that's not how it to be When the jester sang for the king and In a coat he from James Dean And a voice that came you and me Oh, and while the king was looking The stole his thorny crown The courtroom was No verdict was And while Lennon read a on Marx The quartet practiced in the And we sang in the dark The day the music 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 Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
4] Helter skelter in a summer The flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles and falling fast It foul on the grass The players tried for a forward 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 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 died? We started
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee 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
5] Oh, and there we were all in one A lost in space With no time left to again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the only friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of No born in hell break that Satan's spell And as the climbed high into the night To light the sacrificial I saw laughing with delight The day the died We singing
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
6] I met a who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy But she just and turned away I went down to the store Where I'd heard the music before But the man there said the music play And in the streets: the screamed The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The church bells all were And the three men I admire The father, son, and the ghost They caught the train for the coast The day the music And were singing
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