Like I say, the way I write songs is, you know, inspiration… - Van Morrison

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Like I say, the way I write songs is, you know, inspirational. I have to wait for it to happen. And when it happens I get lines, and I just write them down, you know. I'm not sort of a Tin Pan Alley sort of songwriter. I just sort of write down what I get - without censoring or questioning what it is and what it means, you know. Like later on I look at what it means, but not at the time.

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Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born August 31, 1945), generally known as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl — a unique mix of throaty folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences — Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the history of rock and roll.

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Birth Name: George Ivan Morrison

Alternative Names: George Morrison • Sir George Morrison • Sir George Ivan Morrison • Van the Man

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Well it's a marvelous night for a moondance,
With the stars up above in your eyes.
A fantabulous night to make romance,
'Neath the cover of October skies.
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow.
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low.
And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush,
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush. Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love?
Can I just make some more romance with you, my love?

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

Put your money where your mouth is
Then we can get something going
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime
And leave one or two cards showing.

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