“ Pie”
[Intro]
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people
And maybe they’d be happy for a while
But made me shiver
With every deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn’t take one more step
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about
But something touched me deep inside
[Chorus]
So bye-bye, Miss Pie
Drove my to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin’ n
Singin’ “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
[Verse 1]
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
Can 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 died
[Chorus]
So bye-bye, Miss Pie
Drove my to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin’ n
Singin’ “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
[Verse 2]
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 read a book on
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the died
[Chorus]
So bye-bye, Miss Pie
Drove my to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin’ n
Singin’ “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
[Verse 3]
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling 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 tune
We all got up to
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 died?
[Chorus]
So bye-bye, Miss Pie
Drove my to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin’ n
Singin’ “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
[Verse 4]
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
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 died
He was singin’ bye-bye, Miss Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinkin’
And singin’ “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
[Outro]
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 years before
But the man there said the 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 , Son and the
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the died
And they were singin’ bye-bye, Miss Parisian Pie
Drove my to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin’ e
Singin’ “This’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die”
[Chorus]
So bye-bye, Miss Pie
Drove my to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin’ n
And singin’ “This’ll be the day that I die”
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On the courtesy of Don McLean http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/donmclean/americanpie.html this has been edited to suit the current discourse.
The Day the Music Died, dubbed so by a lyric in the Don McLean song “American Pie”, is a reference to the deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. Pilot Roger Peterson was also killed.
-thank you rysiek.
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