I saw Don McLean Live on PBS about a month or so ago during the membership drive. During the breaks they showed snippets of interviews and what he said about American Pie was that he wrote it like a dream ---- like when you're dreaming, things don't always make a lot of sense. He said it was a poem, and that was that. I think there are some obvious things in it, and the others are for us to guess at. Which we have. For nearly 30 years. It's almost as old as me but is one of my favorite classic songs; then again, I was an English major and I really dig that kind of epic stuff.