1] A long, long ago... I can remember How that used to make me smile And I if I had my chance That I could make those people And, maybe, they'd be for a while But made me shiver every paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I couldn't take one step I can't remember if I When I about his widowed bride But something touched me 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 were 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 soul And can you teach me how to dance real Well, I know that you're in love him I saw you dancin' in the gym You both kicked off shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a lonely broncin' buck With a carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of The day the died I singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee 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
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 for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from James And a voice that from you and me Oh, and the king was looking down 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 died We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
4] Helter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a shelter Eight high and falling fast It foul on the grass The players tried for a forward the jester on the sidelines in a cast Now the air was sweet perfume the sergeants played 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 what was revealed The day the music We 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
5] Oh, and there we were all in one A lost in space no time left to start again So come on: be nimble, Jack be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's only Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in of rage No born in hell Could break that spell And as the flames climbed high the night To light the rite I saw Satan laughing delight The day the music We 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' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
6] I met a who sang the blues And I her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned I went to the sacred store I'd heard the music years before But the man there the music wouldn't play And in the the children screamed The cried, and the poets dreamed But not a word was The church bells all broken And the three men I admire The father, son, and the holy They the last train for the coast The day the died And were singing
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