Unreleased Songs

Don McLean Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.And I love you so

And I love you so
The people ask me how
How I've lived till now
I tell them I don't know
I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand

And yes I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me

And you love me too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
I'm happy that you do
The book of life is brief
And once a page is read
All but love is dead
That is my believe

And yes I know how loveless life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening bring me down
Now that you're around me

And I love you so
The people ask me how
How I've lived till now
I tell them...I don't know


2.American Pie

Lyrics:Don Mclean
Music:Don Mclean

A long long time ago
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
with every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So...

*Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
And Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'cause I saw you dancing in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singing(*)

Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singing(*)

Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
Landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singing(*)

Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singing(*)

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singing(*)


3.Castles in the air

And if she asks you why, you can tell her that
I told you that I'm tired of castles in the air.
I've got a dream. I want the world to share
,and castle walls just lead me to despair.

Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky.
A dream comes true. I'll live there till I die.
I'm asking you to say my last good bye.
The love we knew ain't worth another try.

Save me from all the troble and the pain.
I know I'm weak, but I can't face that girl again.
Tell her the reasons why I can't remain perhaps
she'll understand if you tell it to her plain.

Oh, but how can words express the feel of sunlight
in the morning in the hills. away from city strife.
I need a country womam for my wife
I'm city born, but I love the country life.

For I can not be part of the cocktail generation.
Partners waltz devoid of all romance.
The music plays and everyone must dance.
I'm bowing now. I need a second chance.

Save me from all the trouble and the pain.

And if she asks you why, you can tell her that
I told you that I'm tired of castles in the air.
I've got a dream. I want the world to share
,and castle walls just lead me to despair.

Hm, la la la la
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4.Crying

I was alright for a while
I could smile for a while
then I saw you last night
you held my hand so tight
when you stopped to say hello
you were wishing me well
you couldn't tell
that I'd been crying over you
crying over you
and you said 'so long'
and left me standing all alone
alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
it's hard to understand
that the touch of your hand
can start me crying

then I saw you last night
you held my hand so tight
when you stopped to say hello
you were wishing me well
you couldn't tell
that I'd been crying over you
crying over you
and you said 'so long'
and left me standing all alone
alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
it's hard to understand
that the touch of your hand
can start me crying

I thought that I was over you
but it's true, oh so true
I love you even more than I did before,
oh darling what can I do
No you don't love me and I'll always be
crying over you, crying over you
Now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying,
crying, crying, over you


5.Vincent()

Starry starry nignt
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know
The darkness in my soul
Shedows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and winter chills
in colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not lisen
They did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now *

Srarry starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly laze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath
The artist's loving hand

repeat *

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was
Left in sight on 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

Starry starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch
The world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged man in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken
On the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you srffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen
They're not listening still
Perhpas they never will


6.Winterwood

No one can take your place with me
And time has proven that I'm right
There's no place I'd rather be
That it's your place for the night
No time can pass sight unseen
No moment steals away unqound
Life time lived in such a dream
Floats like feathers to the ground

* And for the first time I've been seeing
The things I've never noticed without you
And for the first time I'm discovering
The things I used to treasure about you *

The birds like leaves on winterwood
Sing hopeful songs on dismal days
They learned to live life as they should
They are at peace with nature's way
You are as nature as the night
And all the spring from you is good
And the children beneath your light
Are like the birds on winterwood

(Repeat refrain * )


7.Vincent(Starry Starry Night)

Lyricist:Don Mclean
Writer(s):Don Mclean

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hill
Sketch the trees and daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

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 how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, Starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of China blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
They did not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night


Starry, starry night

Paint your palette blue and gray

Look out on a summer's day

With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

Shadows on the hills

Sketch the trees and the daffodils

Catch the breeze and the winter chills

In colors on the snowy linen land


Now I understand

What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity

How you tried to set them free

They would not listen they did not know how

Perhaps they'll listen now


Starry, starry night

Flaming flowers that brightly blaze

Swirling clouds in violet haze

Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue

Colors changing hue

Morning fields of amber grain

Weathered faces lined in pain

Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand


Now I understand

What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity

How you tried to set them free

They would not listen they did not know how

Perhaps they'll listen now


For they could not love you

But still your love was true

And when no hope was left inside
On 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


Starry, starry night

Portraits hung in empty halls

Frameless heads on nameless walls

With eyes that watch the world and can't forget

Like the strangers that you've met

The ragged men in ragged clothes

The silver thorn of bloody rose

Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow


Now I think I know

What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity

How you tried to set them free

They would not listen they're not listening still

Perhaps they never will