1] A long, long ago... I can remember How that music used to make me And I if I had my chance That I could those people dance And, maybe, they'd be for a while But February made me With paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I take one more step I remember if I cried When I read about his bride But something me deep inside The day the died
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 of love And do you faith in God above If the Bible you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music save your mortal And can you teach me how to dance slow? 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 carnation and a truck But I I was out of luck The day the music I 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
3] Now for ten we've been on our own And moss fat on a rollin' stone But not how it used to be When the sang for the king and queen In a coat he from James Dean And a voice came from you and me Oh, and while the was looking down The jester his thorny crown The was adjourned; No verdict was And while Lennon read a book on The quartet practiced in the And we sang dirges in the The day the music We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the 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
4] Helter skelter in a swelter The birds flew off a fallout shelter Eight high and falling fast It landed on the grass The tried for a forward pass the jester on the sidelines 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 band refused to Do you recall was revealed The day the died? We started
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey 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 lost in space With no time left to again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Jack Flash sat on a Cause fire is the devil's only Oh, and as I watched him on the My were clenched in fists of rage No born in hell Could break that Satan's And as the climbed high into the night To the sacrificial rite I saw laughing 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 drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
6] I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for happy news But she just smiled and away I down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music before But the man there said the music wouldn't And in the streets: the children The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The bells all were broken And the three men I admire The father, son, and the holy caught the last train for the coast The day the music And they singing
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