Don McLean Amerivan Pie (Part I) Lyrics

t__le: Amerivan Pie (Part I)
Artist: Don McLean

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 delivered,
bad news on the door step,
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 levy
but the levy was dry
an them 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.

Did you write the book of love
and do you have faith in God above,
if the bible tells you so,
and do you believe in rock n' 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
cuz I saw you dancin in the gym
you both kicked off your shoes
and I dig those rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely teenage bronkin buck
with a pink carnation and a pick up 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 levy
but the levy was dry
an them 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.

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 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 levy
but the levy was dry
an them 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 ,...