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Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean



     
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Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Lyrics


Starry
Starry night
Paint your palette blue and greyLook out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the
Darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodilsCatch the breeze and the winter chillsIn colors on the snowy linen land.
And now I understand what you tried to say to meHow you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
They did not know howPerhaps they'll listen now.Starry
Starry night
Flaming flo'rs that brightly blazeSwirling clouds in violet haze reflect in
Vincent's eyes of China blue.
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grainWeathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's
Loving hand.

And now I understand what you tried to say to meHow you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free.
Perhaps they'll listen now.For they could not love you
But still your love was trueAnd when no hope was left in sight on that starry
Starry night.
You took your life
As lovers often do;
But I could have told you
Vincent
This world was never
Meant for one
As beautiful as you.Starry
Starry night
Portraits hung in empty hallsFrameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes
That watch the world and can't forget.
Like the stranger that you've metThe ragged men in ragged clothesThe silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken
On the virgin snow.
And now I think I know what you tried to say to meHow you suffered for your sanityHow you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
They're not
List'ning still
Perhaps they never will.
Songwriters
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Don McLean (born October 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for his 1971 song "American Pie," about the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper. The song spawned the phrase "The Day the Music Died," referring to the day of the crash.

Early in his career, McLean was mentored by the folk legend Pete Seeger, and accompanied Seeger on his Clearwater boat up the Hudson River in 1969 to protest at environmental pollution in the river. The Clearwater campaign was widely credited for improving water quality in the Hudson River.

In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with the Roy Orbison classic, "Crying." Only following the record's success overseas was it released in the U.S., becoming a top-ten hit in 1981. Orbison himself once described McLean as "the voice of the century," and a subsequent re-recording of the song saw Orbison incorporate elements of McLean's version.

In 1991, McLean returned to the U.K. top ten with a re-issue of "American Pie," which nine years later became a worldwide smash all over again thanks to Madonna's controversial cover.

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