Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Song Lyrics and Chords
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Song Lyrics and Chords by Don McLean
Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
Written and Recorded by Don Mclean
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Starry starry night paint your palette
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blue and grey
Look out on a
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summer's day wit
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h eyes that know the darkness in m
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soul
Shadows on the hills sketch the trees and the
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daffodils
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winter
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colors on the snowy linen
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land
Now I under
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stand
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what you tried to
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say to me
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How you suffered for your
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sanity
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how you tried to set them
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free
They would not listen they did not
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know
how
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Perhaps they'll liste
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now
Starry starry night flaming flowers
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that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in
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violet haze
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reflect in Vincent's eyes o
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f china blue
Colors changing hue morning fields of
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amber
grain
Weathered faces
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lined in pain
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are soothed beneath the artists lov
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ing
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For they could not
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love you
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but still your love was
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true
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And when no
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hope was left in sight on that
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starry starry nite
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took you life as
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lovers often
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do but I
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could of told you Vincent
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world was never meant for one as
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beautiful as
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you
Starry starry night portraits hung in
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empty
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Frameless heads on
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nameless walls with
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eyes
That watch the
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world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met the ragged men in
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ragged
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The silver thorn the
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bloody rose
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lie crushed and broken on the virgin
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snow
And now I
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think I know
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what you tried to
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say to me
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How you suffered
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for
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ur sanity how you tried to
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set them free
They would not listen they're no
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t listening still
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Perhaps they never
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And now I under
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what you tried to
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say to me
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sanity
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how you tried to set them
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free
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listening
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pe
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rhaps they never
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will
FAQ
Who sang the the song Vincent (Starry Starry Night)?
- The song Vincent (Starry Starry Night) was sang by Don McLean.
Who is Don McLean?
- Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie", an 8.5-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation.His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", a rendition of Roy Orbison's "Crying", a rendition of the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You", and "Wonderful Baby".
His composition "And I Love You So" has been sung by Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, and others, and in 2000, Madonna had a hit with a rendition of "American Pie".
In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In January 2018, BMI certified that "American Pie" and "Vincent" had reached five million and three million airplays respectively.
