Vincent Van Gogh [New Orleans - 3 May 1976]
/ Robert Friemark
[The Warehouse, New Orleans - 3 May 1976]
[Note: Olof's 1976 summary shows this date as 2 May 1976...and has nothing
for 3 May 1976]
[Note: this song only makes sense when the American mispronunciation of
van Gogh is used (= van Go)]
Dylan: Where are ya? It's hard to see ya...oh, there ya are.
I'd like to tell you a story
Of a man that you might know
His parents all called him Vincent
His last name was Van Gogh
And he started into drinking and painting
And leading a life of sin
He fell in with evil companions
A man named Paul Gaugin
Well, [he/they?] came to the city of Auvers
Persuing their carnal delights
They painted all during the afternoon
And they made music all night
The people of that small city
Thought he was a little bit queer
So to prove his love for mankind
He chopped off his [outside] ear.
They put him in an institution
But they could not keep him there
He picked up his paints and his easels
And he went out to take some air
Then he picked up his paints and his easel
And he went out to paint some crows
They found him face down in a corn field
Shot right between two rows
Now, where did Vincent Van Gogh...?
- xongsmith, 5.7d
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