Tore Down a la Rimbaud by Van Morrison
Tore Down a la Rimbaud by Van Morrison

Tore Down a la Rimbaud

Van Morrison * Track #1 On A Sense of Wonder

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Tore Down a la Rimbaud by Van Morrison

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Van Morrison
Produced by
Van Morrison
Writed by
Van Morrison
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The title is a reference to the fact that Arthur Rimbaud stopped writing poetry when he was twenty. Van has a penchant for name-dropping famous poets (e.g., Rave on, John Donne), and the song expresses anxiety about his own writer’s block.

Tore Down a la Rimbaud Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Showed me pictures in the gallery
Showed me novels on the shelf
Put my hands across the table
Gave me knowledge of myself

[Verse 2]
Showed me visions, showed me nightmares
Gave me dreams that never end
Showed me light out of the tunnel
When there was darkness all around instead

[Chorus]
I was just tore down a la Rimbaud
And I wish my message would come
Tore down a la Rimbaud
You know it's hard sometime, you know it's hard sometime

[Verse 3]
Showed me ways and means and motions (Show me)
Showed me what it's like to be (Show me)
Gave me days of deep devotions
Showed me things I cannot see

[Chorus]
When I was tore down a la Rimbaud
And I wish my purpose would come
Tore down a la Rimbaud
You know it's hard sometime, you know it's hard sometime

[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 4]
Showed me different shapes and colours (Show me)
Showed me many different roads (Show me)
Gave me very clear instructions
When I was in the dark night of the soul

[Chorus]
When I was tore down a la Rimbaud
And I wish my writing would come
Tore down a la Rimbaud
You know it's hard sometime, you know it's hard sometime (Let's sing)
Tore down a la Rimbaud
And I wish my writing would come
Tore down a la Rimbaud
You know it's hard sometime, you know it's hard sometime

[Outro]
Hard sometime (You know it's hard sometime)
Tore down (Uh huh, torn down) a la Rimbaud
A la Rimbaud (Uh huh, you know it's hard sometime)
I was tore down (Tore down)
A la Rimbaud (Uh huh, you know it's hard sometime)
A la Rimbaud (Tore down, uh huh)
(Torn down)

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Tore Down a la Rimbaud was written by Van Morrison.

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Tore Down a la Rimbaud was produced by Van Morrison.

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