1] A long, time ago... I can still How that music used to me smile And I knew if I had my That I make those people dance And, maybe, be happy for a while But February me shiver every paper I'd deliver 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 music
So bye-bye, Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the but the levee was dry And good 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 the book of love And do you have faith in God If the Bible you so? Do you believe in 'n' roll Can music save your mortal And can you teach me how to dance slow? Well, I know that you're in with him `cause I saw you in the gym You both kicked off your Man, I dig rhythm and blues I was a lonely broncin' buck With a carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of The day the died I singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die be the day that I die
3] Now for ten years we've 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 voice that came you and me Oh, and while the was looking down The jester stole his thorny The was adjourned; No verdict was And Lennon read a book on Marx The practiced 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 were whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die This'll be the day I die
4] Helter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a shelter Eight high and falling fast It landed on the grass The players tried for a forward the jester on the sidelines in a cast Now the half-time air was sweet the sergeants 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 recall was revealed The day the died? We started
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole boys were drinking 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 generation in space With no time left to again So come on: Jack be nimble, be quick! Jack sat on a candlestick Cause fire is the devil's only Oh, and as I him on the stage My were clenched in fists of rage No angel born in break that Satan's spell And as the flames climbed high the night To light the sacrificial I saw Satan with delight The day the died We were
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die be the day that I die
6] I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for some news But she smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred Where I'd heard the music years But the man there said the music play And in the streets: the children The lovers cried, and the dreamed But not a word was The church all were broken And the three men I most: The father, son, and the holy They caught the last for the coast The day the music And they singing
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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 They singing Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my to the levee but the levee was dry And good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' be the day that I die