Mclean to receive lifetime award.

American pie lyrics. We started singin' 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 and singin' this'll be the day that i die. Drove my chevy to the levee,. The apple of my eye my sweet american pie i'm less than 30 days.

Don mclean is letting everyone in on the meaning behind the lyrics of his hit song, american pie. We started singin' 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 and singin' this'll be the day. The song is about the nostalgia that comes with closing a chapter in time.

The day the music died. The song starts in the late 1950s, where both mclean. Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

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. Also the american pie part is a symbol of. Mclean who describes “american pie” as a kaleidoscopic, dreamlike song about america, has remained silent about the meaning of the lyrics, until now.

What do the lyrics to american pie mean? Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye. Mclean wrote the iconic song—that has managed to transcend generations—.

Drove my chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry. And singin' this'll be the day that i die. And we sang dirges in the dark.