Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on a summer's day There's enough darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees in the daffodils Catch the breeze in winter's chills In colours on the snowy hinterland 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 Perhaps they'll listen now Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflecting Vincent's eyes of china blue For they could not love you Still your love was true And when no hope was left inside 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