The word is spelled Levee which is an embankment to prevent a river from flooding
Don Mclean sang American pie
It is about the plane crash involving Richie Valens, the artist of La Bamba, The big Bopper, the artist of Chantilly Lace, and Buddy Holly, the artist of Peggy Sue.
The song is eight minutes, twenty nine seconds... 8:29, in the parlance of our time.