american pie song

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck 
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck 

A hit of Marty Robbins in the late 50s was "A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)". In the song the pickup truck has long been a symbol of sexual independence and potency, especially in Texas writing. Jimmy Buffet also does a song about "a white sport coat and pink crustacean"♥