http://www.wordnik.com/lists/tunie-vincent.xml By Don McLean<br /><br /><br />Starry, starry night<br />Paint your <a href="/words/palette">palette</a> blue and gray<br />Look out on a summer's day<br />With eyes that know the darkness in my soul<br /><a href="/words/Shadow">Shadow</a>s on the hills<br />Sketch the trees and daffodils<br />Catch the <a href="/words/breeze">breeze</a> and the winter chills<br />In colors on the snowy linen land<br /><br />Now I understand<br />What you tried to say to me<br />And how you suffered for your <a href="/words/sanity">sanity</a><br />And how you tried to set them free<br />They would not listen<br />They did not know how<br />Perhaps they'll <a href="/words/listen">listen</a> now<br /><br />Starry, starry night<br />Flaming flowers that brightly blaze<br />Swirling clouds and <a href="/words/violet">violet</a> haze<br />Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue<br />Colors changing hue<br />Morning fields of <a href="/words/amber">amber</a> grain<br />Weathered faces lined in pain<br />Are soothed beneath the artists' loving hand<br /><br />Now I understand<br />What you tried to say to me<br />And how you <a href="/words/suffer">suffer</a>ed for your sanity<br />And how you tried to set them free<br />They would not listen<br />They did not know how<br />Perhaps they'll listen now<br /><br />For they could not love you<br />But still your love was true<br />And when no hope was left inside<br />On that <a href="/words/starry">starry</a>, starry night<br />You took your life as lovers often do<br />But I could have told you Vincent<br />This world was never meant for one as <a href="/words/beautiful">beautiful</a> as you<br /><br />Like the strangers that you've met<br />The ragged men in ragged clothes<br />The silver thorn of bloody rose<br />Lie crushed and broken on the <a href="/words/virgin">virgin</a> snow<br /><br />Now I think I know<br />What you tried to say to me<br />And how you suffered for your sanity<br />And how you tried to set them <a href="/words/free">free</a><br />They would not listen<br />They're not listening still<br />Perhaps they never will... http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/palette Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:04:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/palette http://www.wordnik.com/words/shadow Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:04:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/shadow http://www.wordnik.com/words/breeze Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:04:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/breeze http://www.wordnik.com/words/sanity Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sanity http://www.wordnik.com/words/listen Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/listen http://www.wordnik.com/words/violet Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/violet http://www.wordnik.com/words/amber Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/amber http://www.wordnik.com/words/suffer Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/suffer http://www.wordnik.com/words/starry Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/starry http://www.wordnik.com/words/beautiful Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/beautiful http://www.wordnik.com/words/virgin Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/virgin http://www.wordnik.com/words/free Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:03:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/free