The most common interpretation is that this verse refers to Bob Dylan’s music changing drastically and disappearing throughout this decade. “Oh, and while the king was looking down, The jester stole his thorny crown, The courtroom was adjourned, No verdict was returned.” McLean also mentions the phrase “rolling stone,” which was widely used in the period, from magazine to song, and the name of one of the most popular bands of all time. Lyrically, things become very complicated because there might be many possible interpretations. That would be ten years since the Buddy Holly plane crash, hence the line about people being on their own for ten years. McLean most likely began writing this song in 1969, as it was released in 1971. “ Now, for ten years, we’ve been on our own, And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone.”
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