Vincent, My friend
I heard a song that made me sad,About a life that made me glad,
It was about a man named Vincent,
And how his life touched the world;
He was a soul lost in a world
That couldn′t see the colors
Through his eyes,
Vincent, my friend
The colors you saw fill my life,
Vincent, my friend,
I wish that you could see
What those colors of your life mean to me;
I heard a song that made me cry,
About a man who soon would die,
It was a story of a life much too brief,
About a man full of grief,
He was a soul lost in a world
That couldn't see the colors
Through his eyes,
Vincent, my friend
No one you knew could see
How you changed the rainbow
For all the world to see;
Vincent, my friend,
Your love gave life to me;
I heard a song about a man,
Who painted his soul
In a night of stars,
He may not have known
That through his eyes we now see,
The colors that only from his love
Came to be;
Vincent, my friend
I wish that you could see
What those colors from your life
Mean to me;
What those colors from your life,
Mean to me;
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Vincent, My Friend – Historical Facts and Background
This song is my tribute to the great song: "Vincent",
By Don McLean, and also a tribute to the life and art of
Vincent Van Gogh. The song by Don McLean is absolutely
Brilliant. I have loved it ever since I first heard it.
My song is intended as a complement to Don McLean′s
Work, and to the life of Vincent Van Gogh.
It was Don McLean's music, lyrics, and performance,
That inspired me to write my song. And, it was a recent
60 Minutes broadcast, on CBS, about Vincent, and how
He actually died, that triggered the completion of my song.
Another good story is that in the 60 Minutes episode,
New clues about Van Gogh's death were revealed.
It seems that he did not commit suicide after all,
As is the current history. Indeed, even the film with
Kirk Douglas ends with Vincent committing suicide
In the fields of corn, shortly after completing
The painting: "Fields of Corn with Crows". However, as this
60 Minutes documentary points out, Van Gogh actually
Completed that painting some two weeks before he
Died, and had in fact painted several other paintings after that.
At that time, in 1890, the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show
Was in France, and a lot of the young teenagers of
The time played "Cowboys and Indians".
Except, they did so with real guns!
In the 1950′s, a Frenchman -- whose name I can′t
Remember -- told the story of how he and his friends,
Then 16 years old, would mercilessly tease the "crazy painter",
Van Gogh, and would make endless fun of him, and his
Mental illness. Although he did not confess, the evidence
Suggests that he, and his friends, then dressed as Cowboys
And carrying a real hand gun, accidentally shot Van Gogh
As he was coming home from the fields of corn
One late afternoon.
Since Van Gogh was shot in the abdomen, at an angle
Which precluded a self-inflicted wound, the forensic
Evidence – such as it exists after all this time – does
Lead to a reasonable suspicion that Van Gogh was
In fact murdered. Or, at least shot by these malicious
Youths, trying to play Cowboys and Indians just like
In the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show they just saw.
Van Gogh himself told the local police not to look
For anyone. As his last act of love, he covered up
His own murder.
And that's why I wanted to tell the story in my song.
