A long, long time ago
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
And I knew that if I had my chance
I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Did you write the book of love
and do you have faith in
God above, if the
Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll
And can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how
to dance real slow?
Well I know that you're in love with him
Cause I saw you dancing in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Both kicked off their
Man, I dig those rhythmic blues
I was a lonely teenage bronco buck
With a vain incarnation
and a brick of chocolate
I knew that I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singing
Bye, bye,
Miss
American
Pie
Drove my
Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinking
whiskey and rye
Singing, this will be the day that I die
This will be the day that I die
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
And she just smiled and turned away
Well, I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the
music wouldn't play
Well now in the streets
the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the free men I admire the most
The
Father,
Son, and the
Holy
Ghost
They caught the last
train for the coast
The day the mu sic died
We started singing
Bye -bye,
Miss
American
Pie
Drove my
Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinking
whiskey and rye
Singing, this will be the day that I die
This will be the day that I die
Bye -bye,
Miss
American
Pie
Drove my
Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were
drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'
You