Vincent-Don McLean

[ti:Vincent] [ar:Don McLean] [al:American Pie] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Vincent - Don McLean [00:00.30]Lyrics by：Don McLean [00:00.60]Composed by：Don McLean [00:00.90]Starry starry night [00:02.81] [00:05.26]Paint your palette blue and grey [00:07.88] [00:09.92]Look out on a summer's day [00:12.03] [00:13.18]With eyes that know the darkness in my soul [00:16.89] [00:17.55]Shadows on the hills [00:19.34] [00:21.96]Sketch the trees and the daffodils [00:25.15] [00:26.97]Catch the breeze and the winter chills [00:29.66] [00:30.73]In colors on the snowy linen land [00:37.11]Now I understand [00:39.47] [00:41.81]What you tried to say to me [00:45.06] [00:46.26]And how you suffered for your sanity [00:49.42] [00:51.49]And how you tried to set them free [00:53.75] [00:54.56]They would not listen they did not know how [00:57.76] [01:00.21]Perhaps they'll listen now [01:03.03] [01:05.68]Starry starry night [01:07.51] [01:10.44]Flaming flowers that brightly blaze [01:13.34] [01:15.34]Swirling clouds in violet haze [01:18.28] [01:19.18]Reflect in Vincent's eyes of China blue [01:22.78] [01:23.54]Colors changing hue [01:25.69] [01:28.32]Morning fields of amber grain [01:31.08] [01:33.05]Weathered faces lined in pain [01:37.54]Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand [01:42.05]Now I understand [01:44.38] [01:46.65]What you tried to say to me [01:49.85] [01:50.85]And how you suffered for your sanity [01:54.03] [01:55.79]And how you tried to set them free [01:58.07] [01:58.83]They would not listen they did not know how [02:02.12] [02:04.46]Perhaps they'll listen now [02:06.92] [02:07.61]For they could not love you [02:09.59] [02:11.65]But still your love was true [02:14.23] [02:16.68]And when no hope was left in sight on that [02:21.05]Starry starry night [02:22.68] [02:23.54]You took your life as lovers often do [02:27.09] [02:28.97]But I could have told you Vincent [02:31.86] [02:32.73]This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you [02:39.06] [02:41.92]Starry starry night [02:43.91] [02:47.09]Portraits hung in empty halls [02:49.67] [02:51.84]Frameless heads on nameless walls [02:54.60] [02:55.98]With eyes that watch the world and can't forget [03:00.09]Like the strangers that you've met [03:03.00] [03:04.05]The ragged men in ragged clothes [03:09.36]The silver thorn a bloddy rose [03:12.98]Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow [03:18.80]Now I think I know [03:21.49] [03:23.49]What you tried to say to me [03:26.99] [03:27.64]And how you suffered for your sanity [03:30.70] [03:33.04]And how you tried to set them free [03:35.50] [03:36.25]They would not listen they're not listening still [03:39.66] [03:42.06]Perhaps they never will