A long time ago, in a world so alien to my life as is now, it could almost be unreal. I can picture myself, quite vividly, sitting in the back of our Cherokee, looking out into the dry Texas landscape, as the music played.
We’re left needing to piece together the parts for ourselves. I will certainly not be the first to do so since it was first released in 1971, it has enticed many to consider its words, even though Don McLean himself has always been reticent to give us all the definitive meaning. The enigmatic nature of the lyrics makes ‘American Pie’ a song practically begging to be analysed.
