I need to find songs which are about specific pictures and/or
paintings (not about pictures and/or painting in general).  An example
would be Don McLean's "Starry Starry Night" and Van Gogh's painting.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 16 May 2006 23:37 PDT

How many songs would suffice as an answer to your question?

Rainbow~

Hi b_k_j,

The following are the songs I was able to locate that are based on
either a painting or a picture:


The Nude - Catherine Wheel
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/wheel-catherine-the-nude-lyrics.html


Mona Lisa - Britney Spears
http://www.lyricstop.com/m/monalisa-britneyspears.html


The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke - Queen
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=72218


Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
http://www.iamthebeatles.com/article1216.html


Parasol - Tori Amos 
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30663758/


The Little Flower Girl - Jethro Tull
http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/The-Little-Flower-Girl-lyrics-Jethro-

Tull/FBC82683C590F01948256A33001DF80C


Impressions Of Africa -- Loren Nerell 
http://www.amazings.com/articles/article0037.html


Office at Night - Nits
http://www.nitsfans.org/n_back.html


The Fall of Icarus - Erik Norlander 
http://www.ayreon.com/discography/interview.php?interview_id=7&album_id=0


The Meadow - Hed P.E. 
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=67862


Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6127



Search criteria:
"song about a painting"
song "based on the painting *"
site:.songfacts.com painting


I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions regarding my answer
please don?t hesitate to ask before rating.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Let's include "Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole  - to do justice to the painting.