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Los Angeles-based rare documents dealer Moments
in Time said on Wednesday that the lyrics, scrawled in pencil
over 14 pages with deletions and additions, are being sold by a
person who acquired them directly from the American
singer-songwriter.
"They are written in pencil. There are some corrections. They
differ very slightly from the final lyrics, which show he really
had the song well thought out in his head when he wrote it,"
said Gary Zimet, owner of Moments in Time. https://momentsintime.com
First released in 1971, "Vincent" opens with the words "Starry,
starry night" and was inspired by the painter's famous work "The
Starry Night." McLean, now 74, has said he was inspired to write
it after reading a biography of van Gogh.
Zimet said he would love the lyrics to end up at the Van Gogh
Museum in Amsterdam, which houses the largest collection of
artworks by the 19th-century painter as well as hundreds of
drawings and letters. The "Vincent" song is also played at the
museum.
"I am hoping they buy it. They should have it. That would be
ideal," Zimet said, referring to the museum.
"Vincent" is McLean's most famous song after "American Pie,"
whose lyrics sold for $1.2 million at auction in 2015. McLean
said at the time he felt it was time to sell them.
The "Vincent" lyrics were most recently seen in public when
McLean lent them to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville
for a 2018 exhibit.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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