1] A long, time 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, they'd be for a while But made me shiver every paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I couldn't one more step I can't if I cried I read about his widowed bride But something me deep inside The day the died
So bye-bye, American Pie Drove my Chevy to the 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 write the book of And do you have faith in God If the tells you so? Do you believe in 'n' roll Can music save mortal soul And can you me how to dance real slow? Well, I know you're in love with him `cause I saw you in the gym You both kicked off shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a lonely teenage buck With a pink and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the music I singing
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee 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
3] Now for ten years been on our own And grows fat on a rollin' stone But not how it used to be When the jester for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from James And a that came from you and me Oh, and while the king was looking The jester his thorny crown The was adjourned; No verdict was And while Lennon read a book on The quartet in the park And we sang dirges in the The day the died We singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole boys were drinking and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
4] Helter skelter in a swelter The flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles and falling fast It landed foul on the The players for a forward pass With the jester on the in a cast Now the half-time air was perfume While the sergeants played a marching We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! `cause the players tried to the field; The marching band 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 we were all in one place A lost in space With no left to start again So come on: be nimble, Jack be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's friend Oh, and as I watched him on the My hands were clenched in fists of No angel born in Could break that spell And as the flames climbed high into the To the sacrificial rite I saw laughing with delight The day the died We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee 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
6] I met a who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy But she just smiled and turned 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 streets: the 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 holy They caught the train for the coast The day the died And they singing
Verse] And there I stood and afraid I dropped to my knees and there I And I promised him everything I give If only he would make the live And he promised it would once more But this time one would four And in five four had come to mourn And the music was
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole boys drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die They were Bye, bye Miss 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