1] A long, time ago... I can remember How that music to make me smile And I knew if I had my That I could make those people And, maybe, they'd be happy for a But February made me With every paper I'd Bad news on the I take one more step I can't remember if I I read about his widowed bride But something touched me deep The day the died
So bye-bye, American Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them 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 soul And can you teach me how to real slow? Well, I know that in love with him `cause I saw you in the gym You kicked off your shoes Man, I dig rhythm and blues I was a teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a truck But I knew I was out of The day the music I started
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my 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 This'll be the day I die
3] Now for ten we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' But that's not how it to be When the jester sang for the king and In a coat he borrowed from Dean And a voice that came you and me Oh, and the king was looking down The jester stole his thorny The courtroom was No verdict was And while read a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the And we sang dirges in the The day the music We singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day I die
4] Helter skelter in a swelter The birds flew off with a shelter Eight miles high and falling It foul on the grass The players tried for a pass With the on the sidelines in a cast Now the half-time air was sweet While the sergeants a marching 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 what was revealed The day the died? 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' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
5] Oh, and there we all in one place A lost in space With no time left to start So come on: be nimble, Jack be quick! Jack Flash sat on a Cause fire is the devil's friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in of rage No angel born in break that Satan's spell And as the flames climbed into the night To the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with The day the music We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole 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 smiled and turned I down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the years before But the man said the music wouldn't play And in the streets: the screamed The cried, and the poets dreamed But not a word was The bells all were broken And the three men I admire The father, son, and the holy They the last train for the coast The day the music And they were
[Deleted And there I stood and afraid I to my knees and there I prayed And I him everything I could give If he would make the music live And he promised it would live once But time one would equal four And in five years had come to mourn And the was reborn
Bye, bye Miss 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 They were Bye, bye American Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die