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
BUT 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 OLD 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 OUT OF 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 OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
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
AND 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
LENNON 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 OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
HELTER-SKELTER
IN THE SUMMER SWELTER
THE BIRDS
FLEW OFF WITH
A FALLOUT SHELTER
EIGHT MILES HIGH AND
FALLIN' FAST
IT LANDED 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 OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE
OH AND
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
AW 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 OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
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 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
AND THEM
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
THEY WERE SINGIN'
BYE-BYE
MISS AMERICAN PIE
DROVE MY CHEVY
TO THE LEVEE
BUT THE LEVEE
WAS DRY
THEM GOOD OLD BOYS
WERE DRINKIN'
WHISKEY AND RYE
SINGIN'
THIS'LL BE THE DAY
THAT I DIE