A song for today

[For want of a better word]

Pictures to lift your heart and a song to reflect the times

Muer Ras

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
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
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
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
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
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 the ragged clothes
The silver thorn, a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
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
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Don McLean
Vincent lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

 

[enrico]

One of my favourites. Along with Sounds of Silence by Disturbed with the Video and the sound up full blast it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. One of the best remakes ever and also very fitting!
E

 

[XYZ]

One of my favourites. Along with Sounds of Silence by Disturbed with the Video and the sound up full blast it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. One of the best remakes ever and also very fitting!
E

Arguably better than the original!

 

[Curly green finger's]

Pictures to lift your heart and a song to reflect the times

Muer Ras

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
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
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
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
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
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 the ragged clothes
The silver thorn, a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
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
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Don McLean
Vincent lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Thanks I play this on the guitar very often, lucky enough to have been to see him live a few times.
Hopefully we are getting close to thoughs ' Crossroads' another good song by him.
Thanks again I..

 

[enrico]

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ss...ndroid-lenovo&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
Just trying this link. Might not work

 

[Curly green finger's]

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ss...ndroid-lenovo&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
Just trying this link. Might not work

It works eric

 

[For want of a better word]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72mTYeOIRc

Enjoy..... The Greatgreygreengreasytamarriver... is empty, no boats, nothing

When will this end??

Yeghes da

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

[ The Greatgreygreengreasytamarriver... is empty, no boats, nothing

Makes me almost miss being on the fleet still - it would have been a pleasant change from the usual Bank Holiday sailing from turnchapel or Sutton on my 'driving day' playing dodge the f....wit

 

[tonyofarr]

The Calstock May Revels look like fun. The wife was going to join a mixed morris group in Bude until she broke her ankle last year.