VH1s 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll (Songbook)

Words and Music by
BOB DYLAN

Words and Music by OTIS BLACKWELL
and ELVIS PRESLEY

Words and Music by
MICHAEL JACKSON

Words and Music by
DON McLEAN

Additional Lyrics

2. Now for ten years weve been on our own,
And moss grows fat on a rollin stone
But thats 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
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin... bye-bye... etc.

3. Helter-skelter in the summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and fallin 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
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 singin... bye-bye... etc.

4. 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 devils only friend
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in hell
Could break that Satans 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... etc.

BLOWIN IN THE WIND

Words and Music by
BOB DYLAN

BLUE SUEDE SHOES

Words and Music by
CARL LEE PERKINS