Please tell me what is the meaning of this song?

Question:

Please tell me what is the meaning of this song?

This song is American pie.I like this song.Its madonnas song.
I cant understand the meaning.Please tell me its meaning.
Thank you.

A long, long time ago
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
And I knew that if I had my chance
I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so
Now do you believe in Rock 'n' roll
And can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cos I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pick-up truck
But I knew that I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singing

Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

Well now, in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
Tho church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire the most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

We started singin'

Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Ok Don Mclean wrote this...not Madonna. If it was "Like an American Pie" I could go with your idea. It's about the histroy of rock and roll. It's symbolic for different events and people.

First three stanza's are the build up to the story. Then in the forth stanza the Narrator remembers, "the day the music died." This was when Buddy Holly, Richie V and Big Bopper went down in a plane crash.

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away

Janis Joplin

And the three men I admire the most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

Again reference to the three killed in the plane crash.

Other references in lines to people:

Now for ten years we??ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin?? stone,

Ok so what he's saying here is we've moved from musical innocence to a more serious time. Rolling stone is actually a reference to Bob Dylan, not the rolling stones (though there may be some who argue).

jester on the sidelines in a cast

Bob Dylan motorcycle accident.

King likely Elvis

The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast

The Byrds.

Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil??s only friend.

Reference to the Rolling Stones.

There's a lot more here, but again it's a history of rock and roll viewed through the lens of the death of Buddy, Richie, and Bopper from a decade later.

I hope that helps.