Elton John Lyrics

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Candle in the Wind 97 Lyrics

Goodbye Norma Jean

 Though I never knew you at all

 You had the grace to hold yourself

 While those around you crawled

 They crawled out of the woodwork

 And they whispered into your brain

 They set you on the treadmill

 And they made you change your name

 

 And it seems to me you lived your life

 Like a candle in the wind

 Never knowing who to cling to

 When the rain set in

 And I would have liked to have known you

 But I was just a kid

 Your candle burned out long before

 Your legend ever did

 

 Loneliness was tough

 The toughest role you ever played

 Hollywood created a superstar

 And pain was the price you paid

 Even when you died

 Oh the press still hounded you

 All the papers had to say

 Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

 

 Goodbye Norma Jean

 From the young man in the 22nd row

 Who sees you as something as more than sexual

 More than just our Marilyn Monroe