Vincent's Ear - Michael Franks

How did you ever find her?

She tried so hard to disappear

Somebody rang the bell and

Handed her Vincent’s ear

And no one understands

All the love inside he tried to give

No one understands

His wife was hard to live

No one understands

In a past which he could not desert

No one understands

How his heart was hurt

Somehow by someone

People suspect a secret

But what could explain a gift so queer?

Totally unprepared for

The riddle of Vincent’s ear

Time can’t erase the image:

Handsomely wrapped for you, my dear

Imagine her surprise then

Discovering Vincent’s ear