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Old 08-20-2010, 11:23 AM   #3 (permalink)
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That song is about the decline of America beginning in the 60's starting with the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, ie "the day the music died".

The dried up river that the levee is holding is just one of many metaphors used in the song to illustrate the theme.
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