People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.
-- Don McLean
   
Don McLean   Name:
Don McLean
Type:
Musician
Nationality:
American
Birth:
October 2, 1945
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