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Gloomy Don McLean reveals meaning of 'American Pie' — and sells ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../gloomy-don-mclean-reveals-meaning-of-america...
Apr 8, 2015 - Thirteen years later, Don McLean wrote a song about this tragedy: “American Pie,” an 8½-minute epic with an iconic lyric about “the day the music died.”. Now, the original 16-page working manuscript of the lyrics has been sold at auction for $1.2 million. ... At more than 800 ...