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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.

Don McLean

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Don McLean
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: October 2
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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.
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Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
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As I watched him on the stage, my hands were clinched in fists of rage. No angel born in hell, could break that Satan's spell.
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