 Complete the following phrase:  The song has nostalgic themes, stretching from the late 1950s until late 1969 or 1970. Except to acknowledge that he first learned about Buddy Hollys death on February 3, 1959  McLean was age 13  when he was folding newspapers for his paper route on the morning of February 4, 1959 hence the line February made me shiverwith every paper Id deliver, McLean has generally avoided responding to direct questions about the songs lyrics; he has said: Theyre beyond analysis. Theyre poetry. He also stated in an editorial published in 2009, on the 50th anniversary of the 