1] A long, time ago... I can still How that used to make me smile And I if I had my chance I could make those people dance And, maybe, they'd be for a while But February made me With every paper I'd Bad news on the I couldn't one more step I can't remember if I I read about his widowed bride But something touched me inside The day the died
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my Chevy to the 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 write the book of And do you have faith in God If the tells you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music save your soul And can you teach me how to dance real Well, I that you're in love with him I saw you dancin' in the gym You both off your shoes Man, I dig rhythm and blues I was a teenage broncin' buck With a carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of The day the died I started
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day 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 that's not how it to be When the jester sang for the and queen In a coat he from James Dean And a voice that came you and me Oh, and while the king was looking The jester stole his crown The was adjourned; No verdict was And Lennon read a book on Marx The quartet in the park And we sang dirges in the The day the music We singing
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
4] Helter skelter in a summer The birds flew off a fallout shelter Eight miles and falling fast It foul on the grass The tried for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a Now the half-time air was perfume 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 American Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
5] Oh, and there we were all in one A generation lost in no time left to start again So on: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick! Flash sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My were clenched in fists of rage No born in hell Could break that Satan's And as the flames climbed high into the To light the sacrificial I saw Satan laughing delight The day the music We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee 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
6] I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for some happy But she just and turned away I down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the years before But the man there said the wouldn't play And in the the children screamed The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The church all were broken And the three men I admire The father, son, and the holy They caught the last for the coast The day the died And they were
[Deleted And there I alone and afraid I to my knees and there I prayed And I promised him I could give If only he would make the music And he promised it would live more But this one would equal four And in five years four had come to And the was reborn
Bye, bye American 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 They singing Bye, bye Miss 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