article_snippet.sent: McLean, 69, a longtime Maine resident, says writing The eight-minute-long song was 'a mystical trip into his past.'
article_snippet.sent: Legendary singer: The original manuscript also reveals a deleted verse, which was crossed out and never recorded, where McLean, now 69, writes about music being 'reborn'.
article_snippet.sent: The original manuscript also reveals a deleted verse, which was crossed out and never recorded, about music being 'reborn'.
article_snippet.sent: The original manuscript includes the lines 'I dropped to my knees
highlights_snippet.sent: The 16-pages also includes deleted verse about music being 'reborn'.