Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean

A Slide Show Double Tribute to Vincent van Gogh and Don McLean.

Vincent - Don McLean

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflecting Vincent's eyes of China blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And 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 halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
A silver thorn on a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

Category:

Music

Tags:

• sandro
• casarini
• starry
• night
• vincent
• van
• gogh
• don
• mclean

[northernsummergirl]

Nice double tribute Casarini. Enjoyed the artwork and the song... thanks for posting this. :)

[Casarini]

My pleasure. Thank you for watching!

[Tinsmith8591]

My father let me know of this song. Squeezes tears out of my eyes each time I see this.

This is a great piece of work not just because of Van Gogh's paintings and Don McLean's song, but also the timing and the right selection of word and painting - Congrats.

Simply EXCELLENT and Touching!!!

[jackie2311]

Fantastic timing and painting selection!! ... beautiful and touching song! --- although it's about Van Gogh's sad story...it fulfills the soul for it's a story of love and passion for art, for life, for colorful nature... the story of a great artist who was never understood! God bless you for paying this tribute to such beautiful soul and sharing it with us all. Thank you!!!

[suretobringskills]

Vincent van Gogh was a thoughtful, intense individual. Love the heavy impasto during his difficult periods.

Thanks for posting this video

[eyelightedcolours]

Thank you for this vid. 'Starry night' by Van Gogh is one of my favourites, I hope somewhere he knows how much joy he has brought to so many.

[oropesinoa]

...donde esta mi comentario anterior...?????

[oropesinoa]

... Uno de los Artistas mas GRANDES de la Pintura... Conocer su Obra y su vida es bastante conmovedor!!!... y muy EJEMPLAR sobre todo..  saludos del Peru.

[BluBerryCrush]

love love love

[8Zvoncica]

It's very special song.....remineds me on some special and uniq persones who left deep expretion on me..........

[ashran22]

This song gets me every time I hear it...

specially.. "But I could've told you, Vincent:

This world was never meant

For one as beautiful as you."

[elenalukina1976]

beautiful. thank you.