Uploaded by tekevol on Apr 16, 2008
VINCENT
Starry
starry night
paint your palette blue and grey
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.
And 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 flo'rs that brightly blaze
swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in
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.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
how 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 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 stranger that you've met
the ragged men in ragged clothes
the silver thorn of bloddy rose
lie crushed and broken
on the virgin snow.
And 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
list'ning still
perhaps they never will
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@lollydelia tiny . cc / 1gj17
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What's with the subtitles? Don Mclean is pretty easy to understand.
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@shawndaven beautiful thought! so selfless. amazing this days of greed.
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I heard this song in The Simpsons! Im not kidding! Amazing song! Beauty!
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epic awsomeness
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won't hear this on the radio very often. It's got too much content. poetry, music, incredibly clear voice.
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beautiful song~
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isn't it "on the virgin silk"?
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sorrowofdestiny2009 5 months ago 3
I dreamed I owned all his paintings, and I got to feed poor children with all the millions of dollars, I wish it was not a dream, Vincent!
shawndaven 5 months ago 2