1] A long, time ago... I can remember How that music used to me smile And I if I had my chance That I make those people dance And, maybe, be happy for a while But February me shiver With every I'd deliver Bad news on the I couldn't take one step I remember if I cried When I read about his bride But something touched me deep The day the music
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 book of And do you have in God above If the tells you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music save 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 both off your shoes Man, I dig those and blues I was a teenage broncin' buck 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 Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
3] Now for ten years been on our own And moss grows fat on a stone But that's not how it to be When the jester for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed 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 Lennon read a book on Marx The practiced in the park And we dirges in the dark The day the music We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys drinking 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 off with a fallout shelter Eight high 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 sweet While the sergeants played a tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players to take the field; The marching band refused to Do you recall what was 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 whiskey 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 With no time to start again So on: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick! Jack Flash sat on a Cause fire is the devil's friend Oh, and as I watched him on the My hands were clenched in fists of No angel in hell Could that Satan's spell And as the flames climbed into the night To light the rite I saw Satan with delight The day the music We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
6] I met a girl who the blues And I her for some happy news But she just and turned away I down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music years But the man there said the music wouldn't 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 most: The father, son, and the holy caught the last train for the coast The day the music And they singing
Verse] And there I alone and afraid I dropped to my knees and there I And I promised him I could give If only he would the music live And he it would live once more But this time one would four And in five years four had come to And the music was
Bye, bye American 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 This'll be the day I die were singing Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die