The lyrics reveal Mclean's personal feelings for the artist and his works. Van Gogh produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life, but he is particularly known for the works that he painted during the last two years of his life. These last two years are what Mclean focuses on in this tribute. http://www.rockremembers.com/2009/03/vincent-starry-starry-night-don-mclean.html?m=1
Explanation:
"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting Starry Night. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of van Gogh."-Wikipedia
