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Because I realized what it was, I knew what I had. And then one time about a month later I just woke up and wrote the other five verses. I came up with this chorus, crazy chorus. And then I thought, I can't have another slow song on this record. And I said, Oh, that is such a great idea. I thought, Whoa, what's that? And then the day the music died, it just came out. "As I was fiddling around, I started singing this thing about the Buddy Holly crash, the thing that came out (singing), 'Long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.' "For some reason I wanted to write a big song about America and about politics, but I wanted to do it in a different way," he said. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).When he was a guest on the UK show Songbook, McLean talked about how he composed this song. Get the embed code Don McLean - American Pie Album Pie3.American Pie (Full Length Version)4.American Pie, Part Chairs8.Everybody Loves Me, Baby9.Mother Nature10.Sister Fatima11.The Grave12.Till McLean Lyrics provided by They were singing, bye, bye Miss American Pie He was singing bye, bye Miss American Pieīut the man there said the music wouldn't playĪnd they were singing bye, bye Miss American Pie We started singing bye, bye Miss American PieĪnd as the flames climbed high into the night 'Cause the players tried to take the field With the jester on the sidelines in a cast The birds flew off with a fallout shelter We were singing bye, bye Miss American Pie When the jester sang for the king and queen Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and ryeĪnd singing this'll be the day that I die

I started singing bye, bye Miss American Pie Well, I know that you're in love with him I can't remember if I cried, when I read about his widowed brideīut something touched me deep inside the day the music diedĭrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dryĪnd them good old boys were drinking whiskey and ryeĪnd can you teach me how to dance real slow?

A long, long time ago, I can still rememberīut February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliverīad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step