INTRO 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 THEYD 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 CAN MUSIC SAVE YOUR MORTAL SOUL AND CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO DANCE REAL SLOW WELL I KNOW THAT YOURE 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 PICKUP TRUCK BUT I KNEW I WAS OUT OF LUCK THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED I STARTED SINGIN CHORUS BYE BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY THEM GOOD OLE BOYS WERE DRINKING WHISKEY AND RYE SINGIN THISLL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE THISLL 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 THEN I WENT DOWN TO THE SACRED STORE WHERE ID