A long long time ago I can still remember How that music used to make me smile And I knew that if I had one chance I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for awhile 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 it teach me how to dance real slow Well I know that your in love with him 'Cause I saw you dancing in the gym You both kicked off your shoes And I did Gods rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage brock of luck With a great carnation and a pick up truck But I knew that I was out of luck The day the music died I started singing Bye bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levy But the levy was dry And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singing 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 sachet store Where I 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 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 I started singing Bye bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levy But the levy was dry And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singing 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 levy But the levy was dry And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singing This will be the day that I die This will be the day that I die We started singing We started singing We started singing We started singing