[a fool in paradise]

The song starts with a reference to Buddy Holly’s death. Then it meanders though all sorts of other references to other things.

[dfwgator]

Basically it was a case of “Hey I need a word that rhymes here.”

[Rocky]

The song starts with a reference to Buddy Holly’s death. Then it meanders though all sorts of other references to other things.

Meanders is the key word. He seems to have had one thought - the Buddy Holly plane crash - and then filled up the rest of the space with some phrases that seem to have emotional content. You start to get caught up in the emotion, and then you stop yourself and say, "Wait... what?"