A LONG LONG TIME AGO
I CAN STILL REMEMBER
HOW THAT MUSIC
USED TO MAKE ME
SMILE
AND I KNEW IF I HAD
MY CHANCE
THAT I COULD
MAKE THOSE
PEOPLE DANCE
AND MAYBE THEY'D BE
HAPPY FOR A WHILE
BUT FEBRUARY
MADE ME SHIVER
WITH EVERY PAPER
I'D DELIVER
BAD NEWS
ON THE DOORSTEP
I COULDN'T TAKE
ONE MORE STEP
I CAN'T REMEMBER
IF I CRIED WHEN I
READ ABOUT HIS
WIDOWED BRIDE
SOMETHING
TOUCHED ME
DEEP INSIDE
THE DAY
THE MUSIC DIED
SO BYE BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
AND THEM
GOOD OL' BOYS
WERE DRINKIN' WHISKEY
AND RYE SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
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
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 DANCIN'
IN THE GYM
YOU BOTH KICKED OFF
YOUR SHOES
MAN I DIG THOSE
RHYTHM AND BLUES
I WAS A LONELY TEENAGE
BRONCIN' BUCK
WITH A PINK CARNATION
AND A PICKUP TRUCK
BUT I KNEW I WAS
OUTTA LUCK
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
I STARTED SINGIN'
BYE BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
THEM GOOD OL' BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
AND SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
NOW FOR TEN YEARS
WE'VE BEEN
ON OUR OWN
AND MOSS GROWS
FAT ON A ROLLIN' STONE
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW
IT USED TO BE
WHEN THE JESTER SANG
FOR THE KING AND QUEEN
IN A COAT HE BORROWED
FROM JAMES DEAN
IN A VOICE
THAT CAME
FROM YOU AND ME
OH AND WHILE THE KING
WAS LOOKING DOWN
THE JESTER STOLE HIS
THORNY CROWN
THE COURTROOM
WAS ADJOURNED
NO VERDICT
WAS RETURNED
AND WHILE LENIN READ
A BOOK ON MARX
THE QUARTET
PRACTICED IN THE PARK
AND WE SANG
DIRGES IN THE DARK
THE DAY
THE MUSIC DIED
WE WERE SINGIN'
BYE BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
THEM GOOD OL' BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
AND SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
HELTER SKELTER IN A
SUMMER SWELTER
THE BYRDS FLEW OFF
WITH A FALLOUT SHELTER
EIGHT MILES HIGH
AND FALLIN' FAST
LANDIN' FOUL
ON THE GRASS
THE PLAYERS TRIED
FOR A FORWARD PASS
WITH THE JESTER ON
THE SIDELINES
IN A CAST
NOW THE HALFTIME AIR
WAS SWEET PERFUME
WHILE THE
SERGEANTS PLAYED A
MARCHING TUNE
WE ALL GOT UP TO DANCE
OH BUT WE NEVER GOT
THE CHANCE
'CAUSE THE PLAYERS
TRIED TO TAKE THE FIELD
THE MARCHING BAND
REFUSED TO YIELD
DO YOU RECALL
WHAT WAS REVEALED
THE DAY
THE MUSIC DIED
WE STARTED SINGIN'
BYE BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
THEM GOOD OL' BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
AND SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
OH IN THERE WE WERE
ALL IN ONE PLACE A
GENERATION
LOST IN SPACE
WITH NO TIME LEFT
TO START AGAIN
SO COME ON
JACK BE NIMBLE
JACK BE QUICK
JACK FLASH SAT ON A
CANDLESTICK
'CAUSE FIRE IS
THE DEVIL'S ONLY FRIEND
OH AND AS I
WATCHED HIM
ON THE STAGE MY
HANDS WERE
CLENCHED
IN FISTS OF RAGE
NO ANGEL BORN
IN HELL
COULD BREAK
THAT SATAN'S SPELL
AND AS THE FLAMES
CLIMBED HIGH
INTO THE NIGHT
TO LIGHT THE
SACRIFICIAL RITE I SAW
SATAN LAUGHING
WITH DELIGHT
THE DAY
THE MUSIC DIED
HE WAS SINGIN'
BYE BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
THEM GOOD OL' BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
AND SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE THIS'LL BE
THE DAY THAT I DIE
I MET A GIRL WHO SANG
THE BLUES
AND I ASKED HER
FOR SOME HAPPY NEWS
BUT SHE JUST SMILED
AND TURNED AWAY
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
AND 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 THREE MEN
I ADMIRE THE MOST
THE FATHER SON AND
THE HOLY GHOST
THEY CAUGHT
THE LAST TRAIN
FOR THE COAST
THE DAY
THE MUSIC DIED
AND THEY WERE SINGIN'
BYE BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
THEM GOOD OL' BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THEY WERE SINGIN'
BYE BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY
THEM GOOD OL' BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE