Jonathan Richman Vincent Van Gogh Lyrics

Well Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh
Who loved color and who let it show
and in the museum what have we here?
The most soulful painter since Jon Vermeer
and He loved, he loved life so bad
His paintings had twice the color other paintings had
So bad that the world had to know
he loved color and he let it show

in the Amsterdam museum I was feeling bad
And looking for a way not to be so sad
I felt the feeling from the paintings on the wall
and Vincent Van Gogh was with me in the hall
And he loved, he loved life that way His paintings said things that paintings seldom say
so bad that the world had to know
He loved color and he let it show

Have you seen those last paintings by Van Gogh?
it's a sorrow show
did it hurt you from the wall?
did it follow you down the hall?
because he loved,
he loved life like that
you look at those last paintings
and you'll get kind of sad
so bad that the world had to know
He loved color and he let it show
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh