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

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 and 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 pick up 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

them good old 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

i went down to the sacred 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 are well broken

and the three men i admire 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

them good old 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

them good old 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 singing

we started singing

we started singing

we started singing