[Rhodes22-list] Elvis Has Left The Building

[Steve Alm]

Buddy, Richie and the Big Bopper are rolling over.

On 6/11/03 3:40 PM, "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:

> he has left us. I just got the message.
> 
> flybrad at yahoo.com has been removed from Rhodes22-list.
> 
> 
> maybe a song for the wake :-)
> 
> 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, they'd be happy for a while.
> 
> But February made me shiver
> With every paper 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 his widowed bride,
> But something touched me deep inside
> The day the music died.
> 
> So bye-bye, Miss American Pie.
> Drove my chevy to the levee,
> But the levee was dry.
> And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
> Singing, "This'll be the day that I die.
> "This'll be the day that I die."
> 
> Did you write the Book of Love,
> And do you have faith in God above,
> If the bible tells you so?
> Do you believe in rock 'n roll,
> 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 dancing in the gym.
> You both kicked off your shoes.
> Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.
> 
> I was a lonely teenage broncing buck
> With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
> But I knew I was out of luck
> The day the music died.
> 
> I started singing,
> "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie."
> Drove my chevy to the levee,
> But the levee was dry.
> Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
> And singing, "This'll be the day that I die.
> "This'll be the day that I die."
> 
> Now for ten years we've been on our own
> And moss grows fat on a rolling 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 Lennon read a book of Marx,
> The quartet practiced in the park,
> And we sang dirges in the dark
> The day the music died.
> 
> We were singing,
> "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie."
> Drove my chevy to the levee,
> But the levee was dry.
> Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
> And singing, "This'll be the day that I die.
> "This'll be the day that I die."
> 
> 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 half-time 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?
> 
> We started singing,
> "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie."
> Drove my chevy to the levee,
> But the levee was dry.
> Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
> And singing, "This'll be the day that I die.
> "This'll be the day that I die."
> 
> 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 singing,
> "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie."
> Drove my chevy to the levee,
> But the levee was dry.
> Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
> And singing, "This'll be the day that I die.
> "This'll 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'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 singing,
> "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie."
> Drove my chevy to the levee,
> But the levee was dry.
> And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
> Singing, "This'll be the day that I die.
> "This'll be the day that I die."
> 
> They were singing,
> "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie."
> Drove my chevy to the levee,
> But the levee was dry.
> Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
> Singing, "This'll be the day that I die."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:21 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Elvis Has Left The Building
> 
> 
>> Boys and Girls, Fellow Rhodies,
>> 
>> Time is winding down on my R-22 stewardship.  I'm
>> flying all next week and have plenty of stuff to do
>> until then.  Your patience has been rewarded.  I'm
>> gone.  Anne, you know where I live, the food is good
>> and stay as long as you like.  To all I met at the
>> Kentucky Lake get-together; I hope to see you next
>> year.  To those I promised hospitality in China, the
>> offer is still good.  Folks, its been real fun!  MJM,
>> keep this forum open, its what this great country is
>> all about.
>> 
>> Brad  
>> 
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