Don McLean
Don McLean
Donald "Don" McLean IIIis an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the songs "American Pie" and "Vincent"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 October 1945
CityNew Rochelle, NY
CountryUnited States of America
mystical process trip
American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening; a mystical trip into my past.
absolutely feeling love
I still absolutely love it. I'm still having a ball. I still have the same feeling I had the first week.
asked girl happy met sang smiled turned
I met a girl who sang the blues, And I asked her for some happy news; But she just smiled and turned away
again ask means people pie work
So when people ask me what American Pie means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.
mean pie people
When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.
hippie believe rocks
Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?
dream song wall
And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air I've got a dream I want the world to share in castle walls Just leave me to despair Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky A dream come true, I'll live there 'til I die I'm asking you, to say my last good-bye The love we knew, ain't worth another try
rock-and-roll long use
A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.
gratitude people glad
I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.
girl song father
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away. And the three men I admire most, The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, They caught the last train to the coast The day the music died.
kings land clothes
How did the land of Jefferson, how did the land of King, become the land of hamburgers and raisins that can sing? Roosevelt was cripple, Lincoln was a geek, they'd never get elected, their clothes were never chic.
dry chevy american-pie
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
reality church-bells broken
Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken.
reality space generations
There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space.