1] A long, long ago... I can remember How that music 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 paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I couldn't take one step I remember if I cried When I read his widowed bride But something me deep inside The day the died
So bye-bye, Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And good 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 of love And do you faith in God above If the tells you so? Do you in rock 'n' roll Can music save your mortal 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 kicked off shoes Man, I dig rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage broncin' With a pink and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of The day the died I started
Bye, bye Miss 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 This'll be the day I die
3] Now for ten years we've on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' But that's not how it to be When the jester sang for the and queen In a coat he borrowed from James And a voice came from you and me Oh, and while the king was looking The jester stole his crown The courtroom was No was returned And while Lennon read a on Marx The practiced in the park And we sang in the dark The day the died We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy 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 be the day that I die
4] Helter in a summer swelter The birds flew off a fallout shelter miles high and falling fast It foul on the grass The players for a forward pass With the jester on the in a cast Now the half-time air was sweet While the sergeants played a tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players tried to the field; The marching band to yield Do you recall 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 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 generation in space With no time left to again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Flash sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's only Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands clenched in fists of rage No born in hell break that Satan's spell And as the flames climbed high the night To the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with The day the died We were
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 sang the And I her for some happy news But she just and turned away I went to the sacred store I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the wouldn't play And in the streets: the children The cried, and the poets dreamed But not a was spoken; The church bells all were And the three men I most: The father, son, and the ghost They the last train for the coast The day the music And were singing
Verse] And there I alone and afraid I to my knees and there I prayed And I him everything I could give If only he would make the live And he it would live once more But this time one equal four And in five years four had to mourn And the was reborn
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die be the day that I die They were Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die