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, they'd be happy for a But made me shiver With every I'd deliver Bad news on the I couldn't one more step I can't if I cried When I read about his bride But touched me deep inside The day the died
So bye-bye, Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the 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 have in God above If the tells you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can save your mortal soul And can you teach me how to real slow? Well, I know that you're in love him `cause I saw you in the gym You both kicked off shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a teenage broncin' buck With a pink and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the music I started
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
3] Now for ten years been on our own And moss grows fat on a stone But not how it used to be When the jester sang for the king and In a coat he from James Dean And a voice came from you and me Oh, and while the king was down The stole his thorny crown The courtroom was No was returned And while read a book on Marx The quartet in the park And we sang in the dark The day the music We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole boys drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die be the day that I die
4] Helter skelter in a summer The birds off with a fallout shelter Eight miles high and falling It foul on the grass The players for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a Now the half-time air was perfume While the played a marching tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players to take the field; The marching refused to yield Do you what was revealed 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
5] Oh, and we were 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 fire is the devil's only friend Oh, and as I him on the stage 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 the sacrificial rite I saw Satan with delight The day the died We singing
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 who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy But she just and turned away I went down to the store Where I'd heard the music years But the man there said the music 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 music And were singing
Verse] And I stood alone and afraid I dropped to my knees and I prayed And I him everything I could give If only he would make the music And he it would live once more But this time one would equal And in five four had come to mourn And the was reborn
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 be the day that I die They were Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die