[John Jordan]

It's always nice to have a look at this from time to time and see "the words put together with pictures" as James stated. I too for many years had a different interpretation.

When American Pie was released, the Vietnam war was raging. As a high school student I saw it about young people going to war. "The last train to the coast" had particular meaning. A time or two, my father spoke of a train he rode in advance of deployment to the Pacific Theater.