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George Ivan Morrison, dit Van — parfois surnommé Van the Man par ses fans —, né à Belfast le 31 août 1945, est un chanteur et auteur-compositeur nord-irlandais. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. août 1945
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“There's an angel that's watching right over you
All your trials have not been in vain
Won't you lift your head up to the starry night
Finding strength in the things that remain.”

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A New Kind of Man
Song lyrics, A Sense of Wonder (1985)

“When all the dark clouds roll away
And the sun begins to shine
I see my freedom from across the way
And it comes right in on time
Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light
And it comes from the sky above
Makes me feel so free makes me feel like me
And lights my life with love.”

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Brand New Day
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

“Thanks for the information
Never give a sucker an even break
When he's breaking through
To a new level of consciousness
There always seems to be more
Obstacles in the way
Thanks for the information I know
It's only a combat zone
Thanks for the memory,
I'll just have
To carry on on my own.”

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Thanks For the Information
Song lyrics, No Guru (1986)

“My back was up against the wall
And you slowly just walked away
You never really heard my call
When I cried out that way
With my face against the sun
You pointed out for me to go
Then you said I was the one
Had to reap what you did sow.”

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These Dreams of You
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

“I can't sell myself. And I don't even want to. That's something that's not going to change.”

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Interview in Musician magazine (1987)
Contexte: Where I feel this has cost me is in the personality situation, where you're expected to be a personality. You not only have to write and record, but you have to go out and sell it. Well, I'm not a salesman, and I'm very bad at selling things. If I had to do that for a living, I'd probably be completely broke. I can't sell myself. And I don't even want to. That's something that's not going to change.

“Someone once described me as a maverick and that's what I would say. I'm a maverick not by choice but by conviction.”

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As quoted in Too Late to Stop Now (1993) by Steve Turner<!-- Viking Penguin, -->

“Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it.”

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Interview by Dermot Stokes in Hot Press (March 1978)
Contexte: Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity.

“Hark, now hear the sailors cry,
Smell the sea and feel the sky.
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic.”

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Into the Mystic
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

“And I shall drive my chariot
Down your streets and cry
'Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite
And I don't know why'
We shall walk and talk
In gardens all misty wet with rain
And I will never, never, never
Grow so old again”

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Sweet Thing
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

“And I shall get to know you
In these lifetimes
In awe and wonder
On down through the years
The nighttime angel spreads her wings around me
I feel the silence
And my doubts are cleared.”

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Lifetimes
Song lyrics, Wavelength (1978)

“Ambition will take you
And ride you too far and
Conservatism bring you to boredom once more
Sit down by the river
And watch the stream flow
Recall all the dreams
That you once used to know
The things you've forgotten
That took you away
To pastures not greener but meaner.”

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I'm Tired Joey Boy
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)

“Sometimes, when the spirit moves me
I can do many wondrous things
I wanna know when the spirit moves you
Did ye get healed?”

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Did Ye Get Healed?
Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)

“Won't you guide me through the dark night of the soul
That I may better understand your way
Let me be just and worthy to receive
All the blessings of the Lord into my life.”

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Give Me My Rapture.
Source: Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)

“I'd love to write another song
Baby especially for you
I'd love to write another song
And feel things bright and new
In poetry I'd carve it well
I'd even make it rhyme
I'd love to write another song
Just to get some peace of mind.”

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I'd Love to Write Another Song
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)

“Whenever God shines his light on me
Opens up my eyes so I can see
When I look up in the darkest night
I know everything's going to be alright
In deep confusion, in great despair
When I reach out for him he is there
When I am lonely as I can be
I know that God shines his light on me.”

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Whenever God Shines His Light
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)

“Some people spend their time just runnin' round in circles
Always chasing some exotic bird
I prefer to spend some time just listening for that special something
That I've never ever heard
I like a new song to sing, another show or somewhere entirely different to be
But baby you make me feel so free.”

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You Make Me Feel So Free
Song lyrics, Into the Music (1979)

“Well I've got to get out of the rat-race now
I'm tired of the ways of mice and men
And the empires all turning into rust again.
Out of everything nothing remains the same
That's why I'm cloud hidden
Cloud hidden
Whereabouts unknown.”

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Alan Watts Blues
Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)

“Got a home on high
Ain't nothing but a stranger in this world
I'm nothing but a stranger in this world
I got a home on high
In another land
So far away.”

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Astral Weeks
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

“Well let them take you for a clown
And they're bound to bring you down.
You got to make it through the world if you can.
Think they're doing you wrong
But you got here on your own.
You got to make it through the world if you can.”

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You Gotta Make It Through the World
Song lyrics, A Period of Transition (1977)

“Way over on the railroad,
Tomorrow all the tipping trucks will unload together,
Every scrapbook stuck with glue,
And I'll stand beside you,
Beside you, child.”

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Beside You
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

“With Moondance, I wrote the melody first. I played the melody on a soprano sax and I knew I had a song so I wrote lyrics to go with the melody. That's the way I wrote that one. I don't really have any words to particularly describe the song, sophisticated is probably the word I'm looking for. For me, Moondance is a sophisticated song. Frank Sinatra wouldn't be out of place singing that.”

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As quoted in Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison (1997) by Brian Hinton, p. 106

“Look at the ivy on the cold clinging wall
Look at the flowers and the green grass so tall
It's not a matter of when push comes to shove
It's just an hour on the wings of a dove.”

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Warm Love
Song lyrics, Hard Nose the Highway (1973)

“Linden Arden stole the highlights
With one hand tied behind his back.
Loved the morning sun and whiskey
Ran like water in his veins.
Loved to go to church on Sunday,
Even though he was a drinkin' man.
When the boys came to San Francisco,
They were looking for his life.
But he found out where they were drinking,
Met them face to face outside.
Cleaved their heads off with a hatchet,
Lord, he was a drinkin' man.
And when somebody tried to get above him,
He just took the law into his own hands.
Linden Arden stole the highlights,
And they put his fingers through the glass.
He had heard all those stories many, many times before,
And he did not care, nor know, to ask.
And he loved the little children like they were his very own.
You say 'Someday, he may get lonely,
Now he's livin', livin' with a gun.”

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Linden Arden Stole the Highlights
Song lyrics, Veedon Fleece (1974)

“And we're sailing, we're sailing,
Way up to Caledonia,
We're from Denmark.”

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Listen to the Lion
Song lyrics, Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)

“Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
You're gone for something
And I know you won't be back”

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Slim Slow Slider
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

“What's my line?
I'm happy cleaning windows
Take my time
I'll see you when my love grows
Baby don't let it slide
I'm a working man in my prime
Cleaning windows…”

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Cleaning Windows
Song lyrics, Beautiful Vision (1982)

“Laying underneath the stars
Can be so much fun
Especially when you're feeling good
When you're with the one you love.”

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Gypsy
Song lyrics, Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)

“Beside the garden walls,
We walk in haunts of ancient peace.
At night we rest and go to sleep
In haunts of ancient peace.
The love and light we seek,
The words we do not need to speak,
Here in this wondrous way we keep
These haunts of ancient peace.”

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Haunts Of Ancient Peace
Song lyrics, Common One (1980)

“Leaves of brown they fall to the ground.
And it's here, over there leaves around.
Shut the door, dim the lights and relax.
What is more, your desire or the facts?”

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Autumn Song
Song lyrics, Hard Nose the Highway (1973)

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