Starry Night Song

Starry starry night paint your palette blue and gray look out on a summer s day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.

Starry night song. This is a remix in an attempt to improve the audio quality. It is often erroneously titled after its opening refrain starry starry night a reference to van gogh s 1889 painting the starry night mclean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of van gogh. The paintings of vincent van gogh set to don mclean s starry starry night. Below are the lyrics to don mclean s hit song vincent starry starry night and a comparison to van gogh s actual life.

Now i understand what you tried to say to me and how you suffered for your sanity. It was released on mclean s 1971 american pie album and the following year the song became the no. Don mclean s vincent starry starry night almost all images created by vincent van gogh. Starry starry night paint your palette blue and gray 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 now i understand what you tried to say to me and how you suffered for your sanity.

Song by don mclean i in no way assume any credit for song or images. 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 us 1 for four weeks in 1972 and uk 2 mclean s grandfather and father both also named donald mclean had roots originating in scotland. Holy crap i did not see this video getting over 2 million views. Vincent is a song by don mclean written as a tribute to vincent van gogh.

Paint your palette blue and grey look out on a summer s day this is giving van gogh s vantage point looking out from the asylum at saint remy. 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. Shadows on the hills sketch the trees and the daffodils catch the breeze and the winter chills in colors on the snowy linen land.