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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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made a painting of Dr. Gachet
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in 1890 just before he died.
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The doctor didn't buy it,
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in fact Vincent van Gogh
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while he was alive
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It was fifteen years later
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that Vincent's brother Theo
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Sold the painting for a price
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To a local art collector
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who sold it some years later
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To a genuine dealer of eyes
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Now the painting Van Gogh couldn't sell
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For anyone to ever see again
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Safe from all the prying eyes
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Wouldn't Van Gogh be surprised
To see his work so highly prized today?
Or maybe he'd turn over in his
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grave
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Vincent van Gogh rarely traveled
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Spent his whole life painting
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bridges and hay on fire
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He didn't go to cocktail parties
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Or do commercial endorsements
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Or hit the town with starlets on his arm
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But the painting crossed some borders
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And the dealer made a profit
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When he sold it to a German businessman
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Who took it to America
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When he emigrated
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Just before the Holocaust began
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Now the painting fair gold couldn't sell
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for anyone to ever see again
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Sterilized and traumatized,
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safe from all her prying eyes
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Wouldn't Vandal be surprised to
see his work so highly prized today
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Or maybe he'd turn over in his grave
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In America, the businessman's
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And a corporate oil exec
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utive and his wife
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Bought the painting for an investment
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When they loaned it to
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a museum all its life
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Then America changed its tax laws
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and the oil executive's widow
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Couldn't deduct it so she
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had to change her plan
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She put the doctor up for auction
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and sold for thirty million
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To a certain business
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man from Japan
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Who took it home to his place
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Where he designed an air less case
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And the painting could be
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safely stored away
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For some future billionaire to see
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But I believe that you and me
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Have seen the last of Dr. Gachet
Gogh couldn't sell
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for anyone to ever see again
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Humidified and sterilized,
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safe from all our prying eyes
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Wouldn't Van Gogh be surprised
to see his work so highly prized today
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Or maybe he'd turn over in his grave
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