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 'N' 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 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 THAT
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
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
I MET A GIRL WHO
SANG THE BLUES AND I
ASKED HER FOR SOME
HAPPY NEWS
BUT 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 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
WE STARTED SINGIN'
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
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'