Fifth word of "American Pie" (3)
I believe the answer is:
ago
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">fifth word of american pie</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ago that I've seen before include "Back (in time)" , "Gone, past, since" , "(Years) before the present time" , "Earlier, gone by" , "In past times" .)