1] A long, long ago... I can still How that used to make 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 on the doorstep; I couldn't take one more 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 levee but the was dry And them good old boys were drinking '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 in God above If the tells you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' Can music your mortal soul And can you teach me how to dance real Well, I know that you're in with him `cause I saw you in the gym You kicked off your shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and I was a teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a truck But I I was out of luck The day the music I singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the 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
3] Now for ten years we've on our own And moss grows fat on a stone But not how it used to be When the jester for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from Dean And a voice that from you and me Oh, and while the king was looking The jester stole his crown The courtroom was No verdict was And while read a book on Marx The quartet in the park And we sang dirges in the The day the died We were
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee 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 summer The flew off with a fallout shelter Eight high and falling fast It landed foul on the The tried for a forward pass the jester on the sidelines in a cast Now the air was sweet perfume the sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to Oh, but we got the chance! the players tried to take the field; The marching refused to yield Do you what was revealed The day the died? We started
Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee 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
5] Oh, and there we all in one place A generation in space With no time left to start So come on: be nimble, Jack be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's only Oh, and as I watched him on the My were clenched in fists of rage No angel born in Could break Satan's spell And as the flames climbed into the night To light the rite I saw laughing with delight The day the died We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee 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
6] I met a who sang the blues And I her for some happy news But she smiled and turned away I went down to the store Where I'd heard the music years But the man there the music wouldn't play And in the the children screamed The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The church bells all broken And the men I admire most: The father, son, and the ghost caught the last train for the coast The day the music And were singing
Verse] And there I stood alone and I dropped to my knees and there I And I him everything I could give If only he would make the music And he promised it would once more But time one would equal four And in five four had come to mourn And the music was
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee 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 were singing Bye, bye American Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And them good ole boys drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die