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![TIL that when asked what his song "American Pie" meant, Don McLean said "It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to." : r/todayilearned TIL that when asked what his song "American Pie" meant, Don McLean said "It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to." : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/bSDluKjvmreNf3tFM1pLRPfR9pqQ3Tlh2ADGZ7UfbP0.jpg?auto=webp&s=f28653b491a60375b8e3d56aef887e586edce79f)
TIL that when asked what his song "American Pie" meant, Don McLean said "It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to." : r/todayilearned
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