1] A long, long ago... I can remember How music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my That I could make those dance And, maybe, be happy for a while But made me shiver With paper I'd deliver Bad news on the I take one more step I remember if I cried When I read about his widowed 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 were drinking whiskey 'n rye Singing, "This'll be the day I die "This'll be the day I die."
2] Did you the book of love And do you faith in God above If the tells you so? Do you believe in 'n' roll Can save your mortal soul And can you me how to dance real slow? Well, I that you're in love with him `cause I saw you in the gym You both kicked off your Man, I dig those and blues I was a lonely teenage buck With a pink carnation and a pickup But I I was out of luck The day the died I started
Bye, bye Miss 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 be the day that I die
3] Now for ten years been on our own And moss fat on a rollin' stone But not how it used 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 the king was looking down The jester his thorny crown The was adjourned; No verdict was And Lennon read a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the And we dirges in the dark The day the music We were
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye this'll 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 shelter Eight miles high and falling It landed on the grass The players tried for a pass With the on the sidelines in a cast Now the half-time air was perfume While the sergeants played a tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the tried to take the field; The band refused to yield Do you recall was revealed The day the died? We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the 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 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 clenched in fists of rage No angel born in Could break that Satan's And as the flames high into the night To light the rite I saw Satan laughing with The day the music We were
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the 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
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 Where I'd heard the years before But the man there said the wouldn't play And in the streets: the screamed The lovers cried, and the poets But not a was spoken; The church bells all broken And the three men I most: The father, son, and the holy They the last train for the coast The day the died And they singing
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