A long, long ago... I can still How that music to make me smile. And I knew if I had my That I make those people dance And, maybe, they'd be for a while.
But february made me With every I'd deliver. Bad on the doorstep; I couldn't one more step.
I can't remember if I I read about his widowed bride, But something me deep inside The day the died.
So bye-bye, american pie. Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
Did you write the of love, And do you have in God above, If the tells you so? Do you in rock 'n roll, Can save your mortal soul, And can you teach me how to dance slow?
Well, I that you're in love with him I saw you dancin' in the gym. You both off your shoes. Man, I dig rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely broncin' buck a pink carnation and a pickup truck, But I knew I was out of The day the died.
I singin', "bye-bye, miss pie." my chevy to the levee, But the was dry. good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
Now for ten we've been on our own And moss fat on a rollin' stone, But that's not how it to be. the jester 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 stole his thorny crown. The was adjourned; No was returned. And while lennon a book of marx, The practiced in the park, And we sang in the dark The day the died.
We singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." my chevy to the levee, But the was dry. good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
skelter in a summer swelter. The birds off with a fallout shelter, miles high and falling fast. It foul on the grass. The players for a forward pass, With the on the sidelines in a cast.
Now the half-time air was perfume While the sergeants a marching tune. We all got up to dance, Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players to take the field; The band refused to yield. Do you recall what was The day the died?
We singing, "bye-bye, american pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
Oh, and there we all in one place, A generation lost in no time left to start again. So come on: jack be nimble, be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick fire is the devil's only friend.
Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were in fists of rage. No angel born in Could that satan's spell. And as the climbed high into the night To the sacrificial rite, I saw satan laughing delight The day the died
He was singing, "bye-bye, american pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. Them good old boys were whiskey and rye And singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
I met a girl who sang the And I her for some happy news, But she just and turned away. I went down to the store Where I'd heard the music 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 men I admire most: The father, son, and the ghost, They caught the last for the coast The day the died.
And they singing, "bye-bye, miss pie." my chevy to the levee, But the was dry. And them good old boys were drinkin' and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die. "this'll be the day I die."
They singing, "bye-bye, american pie." Drove my to the levee, But the was dry. Them good old were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin', "this'll be the day I die."