1] A long, time ago... I can remember How that used to make me smile And I if I had my chance I could make those people dance And, maybe, they'd be for a while But February made me every paper I'd deliver Bad on the doorstep; I couldn't take one more I can't if I cried When I read about his widowed But something touched me inside The day the died
So bye-bye, Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee 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 faith in God above If the Bible you so? Do you in rock 'n' roll Can save your mortal soul And can you me how to dance 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 and blues I was a lonely broncin' buck With a carnation and a pickup truck But I I was out of luck The day the died I singing
Bye, bye Miss Pie my Chevy to the levee but the levee 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
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 sang for the and queen In a coat he borrowed from Dean And a voice that from you and me Oh, and while the king was down The jester his thorny 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 music 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 Singin' be the day that I die be the day that I die
4] Helter skelter in a swelter The birds flew off with a fallout Eight miles high and fast It landed foul on the The tried for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a Now the half-time air was perfume While the sergeants played a marching 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 recall what was The day the died? We started
Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey 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 lost in space With no time left to again So on: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick! Jack Flash sat on a Cause is the devil's only friend Oh, and as I him on the stage My hands were clenched in of rage No angel in hell Could break that spell And as the flames climbed into the night To light the rite I saw Satan with delight The day the music We were
Bye, bye American 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 This'll be the day I die
6] I met a girl who the blues And I asked her for some happy But she smiled and turned away I down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music before But the man there the music wouldn't play And in the the children screamed The cried, and the poets dreamed But not a was spoken; The church bells all were And the three men I admire The father, son, and the holy They caught the train for the coast The day the music And they were
[Deleted And I stood alone and afraid I dropped to my and there I prayed And I promised him I could give If only he would the music live And he promised it would live more But this time one would four And in five years four had come to And the was reborn
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 This'll be the day I die They singing Bye, bye Miss Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the was dry And them good ole were drinking whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day I die