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.
In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.
We all got up to dance. Oh, but we never got the chance!
Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn’t take one more step
American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.
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.
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?
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.