1] A long, long 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 for a while But February me shiver With every paper I'd Bad news on the I couldn't take one more I remember if I cried I read about his widowed bride But something touched me deep The day the died
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good old 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 of love And do you have faith in God If the tells you so? Do you in rock 'n' roll Can save your mortal soul And can you teach me how to real slow? Well, I know that you're in with him `cause I saw you in the gym You kicked off your shoes Man, I dig those and blues I was a lonely teenage buck With a carnation and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the music I 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' be the day that I die be the day that I die
3] Now for ten we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a stone But that's not how it to be When the jester sang for the and queen In a he borrowed from James Dean And a voice came from you and me Oh, and while the was looking down The jester his thorny crown The courtroom was No verdict was And Lennon read a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the And we dirges in the dark The day the died We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
4] Helter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a fallout miles high and falling fast It foul on the grass The players tried for a pass With the on the sidelines in a cast Now the half-time air was sweet While the sergeants played a marching We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the tried to take the field; The marching refused to yield Do you what was revealed The day the died? We singing
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 This'll be the day 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 only friend Oh, and as I watched him on the My were clenched in fists of rage No angel in hell Could break that spell And as the flames climbed high the night To light the sacrificial I saw Satan with delight The day the died We singing
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 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 turned I went down to the store Where I'd heard the music years But the man there the music wouldn't play And in the streets: the screamed The cried, and the poets dreamed But not a word was The bells all were broken 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 stood and afraid I dropped to my knees and there I And I promised him everything I give If only he would the music live And he promised it live once more But this time one would four And in five years had come to mourn And the was reborn
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 They were Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die