American Pie

[Intro]

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

[Chorus]

I started singing, 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"

[Verse]

I met a girl who sang the blues

I asked her for some happy news but

She just smiled and walked 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

But in the streets, the children screamed

The lovers cried, 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 Holy Ghost

They caught the last train for the coast the day the music died

And now I'm singing

[Chorus]

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"

And now I'm 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"