Vincent - Don Mclean

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 colours on the snowy linen land Now I understand What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And 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 a violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue Colours 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've 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 their ragged clothes The silver thorn of bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow Now I think I know 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're not listening still Perhaps they never will

Follow the power lines back from the road No one around so I take off my clothes Am I the only one in the only world? Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh I see the snake holes dotted in the sand As if the Seurat painted the Rio Grande Am I the only the one in the only world? Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, woah oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Sweatin', sweatin' No one is behind me Sweatin' sweatin' No one will ever find me The only sound out here is my own breath And my feet stuttering to make a path Am I the only one in the only world? Is that the wind finally picking up? Is that a rattle sounding from the brush? I'm not the only one in the only world Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Runnin', runnin' Runnin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me Runnin', runnin' Runnin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me Sweatin', sweatin' Sweatin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me Sweatin', sweatin' Sweatin' rattle behind me Runnin', runnin' No one will ever find me

I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle You just slow down Round and around the world you go Spinning through the lives of the people you know We all slow down How you gonna keep on turning from day to day? How you gonna keep from turning your life away? No days you can borrow, no time you can buy. No trust in tomorrow. It's a lie. I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle You just slow down Round and around the world you go Spinning through the lives of the people you know We all slow down How you gonna keep on turning from day to day? How you gonna keep from turning your life away? And I feel like I'm dippin' and divin'. My sky shoes are spiked with lead heels. I'm lost in this star car I'm drivin'. But my air sole keeps pushin' big wheels. My world is a constant confusion. My mind is prepared to attack. My past a persuasive illusion. I'm watchin' the future it's black. What do you know? You know just what you perceive. What can you show? Nothing of what you believe. And as you grow, each thread of life that you leave Will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs As you sell your soul and you sow your seeds And you wound yourself and your loved one bleed And your habits grow, and your conscience feeds On all that you thought you should be I never thought this could happen to me. I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel. The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle. You just slow down. Round and around the world you go Spinning through the lives of the people you know. We all slow down. How you gonna keep on turning from day to day? How you gonna keep from turning your life away? Oh. I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel. The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle. You just slow down.

I was alright for a while I could smile for a while But when I saw you last night You held my hand so tight When you stopped to say 'hello' And though you wished to me well You couldn't tell That I'd been Crying over you Crying over you Then you said to so long Left me standing all alone Alone and crying. Crying Crying Crying It's hard to understand That the touch of your hand Can start me crying I thought that I was over you But it's true, so true I love you even more than I did before But, darling, what can I do? While you don't love me And I'll always be Crying over you Crying over you Yes, now you're gone And from this moment on I'll be crying (Crying) Crying (Crying) Crying (Crying) Crying over you Over you Over you

If I could say the things I feel, it wouldn't be the same Some things are not spoken of, some things have no name And though the words come hard to me I'll say them just for you For this is something rare for me this feeling is so new You see I love the way you love me Love the way you smile at me I love the way we live this life we're in Long ago I heard the song that lovers sing to me And through the days with each new phrase I hummed that melody And all along I loved the song but I never learned it through But since the day you came along, I've saved it just for you You see I love the way you love me Love the way you smile at me, I love the way we live this life we're in I don't believe in magic but I do believe in you And when you say you believe in me There's so much magic I can do Now you see me, now you don't watch me dive below Deep down in your love lake where the sweet fish come and go And I might sink, and I might drown but death don't mean a thing 'Cause life continues right or wrong when I play this Birthday song I learned from you And you can't even sing...