article_snippet.sent: Don McLean's is selling the original manuscript and lyrics  to pop anthem American Pie, including a 'lost verse', which included a line about the music being 'reborn'.
article_snippet.sent: The singer-songwriter's 16-page collection is expected to fetch up to $1.5million (£1,006,303) at auction today, which offers tantalising new details about U.S. pop anthem American Pie, originally released in 1971.
article_snippet.sent: In an interview published by Christie's auction house New York, where the manuscript is up for grabs today, Don McLean's says American Pie is about 'heading in the wrong direction'.
article_snippet.sent: Original song: Christie's curator Tom Lecky holds the 16-page notes and manuscript for singer Don McLean's American Pie at Christie's auction house in New York .
article_snippet.sent: Christie's New York is estimating that  The original manuscript American Pie will sell for $1million to $1.5million.
highlights_snippet.sent: Original lyrics to U.S. pop anthem American Pie up for auction today .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Notes on Don McLean's 60s hit expected to fetch up to $1.5million .
  