Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!decvax!yale-com!bj From: bj@yale-com.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: American Pie Lyrics Message-ID: <1636@yale-com.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Jun-83 15:01:23 EDT Article-I.D.: yale-com.1636 Posted: Sun Jun 19 15:01:23 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jun-83 16:40:37 EDT References: ihuxr.471 Lines: 18 Here are the lyrics to American Pie as I heard them off the album I also included some ideas as to some of the meanings to the lines: And while Lennon read a book on Marx (* John Lennon getting into radical politics *) The court kept practice in the park And we sang dirges in the dark The day the music died We were singing I remember the second line as "The quartet practiced in the park", describing the Beetles. Does anybody have printed lyrics for this? I have not heard the song in a while, so please let me know if I am way of base. B.J. Herbison-BJ@Yale decvax!yale-comix!herbison-bj