Candle In The Wind Lyrics

Candle In The Wind

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 a
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
The 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 

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
Well I would have liked to have known you
But
I was just a kid
The candle burned out long before
Your legend ever
did

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
Goodbye
Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something
as more than sexual
More than just Marilyn Monroe

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
Well I would have liked to have known you
But
I was just a kid
The candle burned out long before
Your legend ever
did

Goodbye Norma Jean
Goodbye Norma Jean
Goodbye
Goodbye Norma
Jean