I want to write songs based on actual events Like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Or when somebody dies like American Pie My song would be such a great herald

The problem, you see, is I rarely take time To research a topic, then make up a rhyme I come with an inkling of some great portent But just cannot make effort to make time worth spent

A glance at the Wikipedia entry Will give me some insight, that's certain to be But me, feigning expertise on the task Is really quite something for someone to ask

But what about happenings that I must have lived through? I must at least think there was something I knew I read all the papers, I scoured the news But promptly forget or else started to snooze

I want to write songs based on current events Like "The Wreck of the United States" now The current direction just does not make sense Yet we all do nothing anyhow

February three, the problem I see The day the music died The country, it seems, torn apart at the seams By a madman with too much self pride

A mandate no less, so he claims in excess It's something we mostly did not vote for And just two weeks in, no matter the spin I see too much that I must abhor