Vincent (feat. Don McLean)

Starry, starry nights Paint your pallette 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 And colors on a snowy linen land Now I understand What you tried to say to me And 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 and violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of China blue Colors changing hues (changing hues) Morning fields of amber grain Weathered faces lined in paint Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand Now I understand What you tried to say to me And 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 inside On that starry, starry night You took your life as lovers often do When 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 man in ragged clothes A silver thorn, 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 And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they're not list'ning still Perhaps they never will