Don McLean
Don McLean
Donald "Don" McLean IIIis an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the songs "American Pie" and "Vincent"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 October 1945
CityNew Rochelle, NY
CountryUnited States of America
drinking boys bye
Bye, Bye Miss American Pie, drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. Good old boys drinking whiskey and rye, singing, this'll be the day that I die.
work blood hands
Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.
religious jesus believe
Some believe in Jesus, they don't act like they do. Some believe in Mohammed, I don't believe that's true. Cause they do believe in money, and gold is what it's for, all the gold can't buy no peace of mind in a world that don't believe in nothing anymore.
philosophy sea rivers
Every pulse of your heartbeat is one liquid moment that flows through the veins of your being. Like a river of life flowing on since creation, approaching the sea with each new generation.
philosophy cities negativity
Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living. In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline of smoldering cities so gray and so vulgar, as not to be satisfied with their own negativity, but needing to touch all the living as well.
dream philosophy sky
Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, a dream come true, I'll live there til I die.
romantic beautiful survival
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.
giving-up singing want
I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.
mean world given
I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.
christian religious religion
Jerusalem is old, Jerusalem is new, Jerusalem can hold Moslem, Christian, Jew.
dry chevy american-pie
Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
rock-and-roll long use
A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.
dream song wall
And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air I've got a dream I want the world to share in castle walls Just leave me to despair Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky A dream come true, I'll live there 'til I die I'm asking you, to say my last good-bye The love we knew, ain't worth another try
gratitude people glad
I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.