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Don Mclean
Vincent
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Vincent was released on January 1, 1971 by Capitol Records as a part of the album American Pie (Expanded Edition)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Don Mclean
Don Mclean
Vocals
Gene Orloff
Gene Orloff
First Violin
Mike Mainieri
Mike Mainieri
Vibraphone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Don Mclean
Don Mclean
Songwriter
Ed Freeman
Ed Freeman
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ed Freeman
Ed Freeman
Producer
Tom Flye
Tom Flye
Engineer
Raymond Moore
Raymond Moore
Immersive Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers 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
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
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
The silver thorn; a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
[Verse 7]
Now I think I know
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're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
Written by: Don McLean

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