Van Gogh's Waltz

[Verse 1] He wants a waltz for the portrait of Joseph he made And a waltz for his billiards in a nighttime cafe A cry for the poplars on a warm sunset home Where fishing boats beach for him down by the Rhone [Verse 2] A waltz here will grow in a sunflower vase There's a lonely old waltz that you'll find in his face A star by a cypress on a warm county road Where eternity's gates done by Vincent Van Gogh [Chorus] Oh Play him the waltz that he’ll never hear Pick out a tempo he’ll give you his ear The red vin-yerd workers in the evening sun’s glow It’s the bright yellow stars that we've come to know [Verse 4] His waltz paints a woman holding a gown And the road mender's waltzing as they're working in town There's a waltz he composed in a wheatfield with crows Play the waltz on the chair done by Vincent Van Gogh [Bridge] It's a waltzing self-portrait without any beard It's a waltz of the bandage when he took his ear It's a waltz of the young peasant woman again It's the olive trees wrestling to fill up the land [Chorus] Oh Play him the waltz that he’ll never hear Pick out a tempo he’ll give you his ear The red vin-yerd workers in the evening sun’s glow It’s the bright yellow stars that we've come to know [Outro] Let's play him the waltz that he longs to hear Pick out a tempo, he'll give you his ear