- A long, long time ago
- I can still remember how that docter used to make me smile
- And I knew if I had my chance
- That I could the inn dance
- And maybe they'd be happy for a while
- But Augest 14th made me shiver
- With every shitpost I'd deliver
- Bad news on the doorstep
- I couldn't take one more step
- I can't remember if I cried
- When I read about the widdowed hearth
- But something touched me deep inside
- The day...that bobby died
- [Chorus]
- So bye-bye, Mr. Fourcannon Pie
- Drove the party to the tower and then locked them outside
- And them good old goats were drinkin' pruno and rye
- Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
- This'll be the day that I die"
- [Verse 1]
- Did you write the wild ride?
- And do you have faith in kek above
- If the GM tells you so?
- Now do you believe in
- Can ERP save your mortal soul
- And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
- Well, I know that you're in love with her
- 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the clinic
- You both jumped on your hooves
- Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
- I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
- With a pink carnation and a broken ship
- But I knew I was out of luck
- The day that bobby died..
- [Chorus]
- So bye-bye, Mr. Fourcannon Pie
- Drove the party to the tower and then locked them outside
- And them good old goats were drinkin' pruno and rye
- 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 Lenin read a book on Marx
- A quartet practiced in the park
- And we sang dirges in the dark
- The day the music died
- [Chorus]
- We were 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'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 marching tune
- We all got up to dance
- 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 music died?
- [Chorus]
- 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
- And 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 music died
- He was 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
- 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 music years before
- But the man there said the music 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 Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
- They caught the last train for the coast
- The day the music died
- And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
- Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
- And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
- Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
- This'll be the day that I die"
- [Chorus]
- They were 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
- And singin' "This'll be the day that I die"

