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 `n blues
I was a lonely

teenage broncin` buck
With a pink carnation
and a pickup truck but I
Knew that 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
And good ol` boys were
drinkin` whiskey and rye
Singin` 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
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 ol` boys were
drinkin` whiskey and rye
Singin` 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 ol` boys were
drinkin` whiskey and rye
Singin` this will be
the day that I die

This will be
the day that I die
We started singin`
We started singin`

We started singin`
We started singin`