 
	
	
 Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never  knew you at all, you had the grace to
knew you at all, you had the grace to  hold yourself While those around you
hold yourself While those around you crawled. They crawled out of the
 crawled. They crawled out of the woodwork and they
 woodwork and they  whispered into your brain They set you on the
whispered into your brain They set you on the treadmill and they made you change your
 treadmill and they made you change your  name
name
And it seems to me you
 seems to me you lived your life like a
 lived your life like a  candle in the wind
candle in the wind , Never
, Never  knowing who to cling to when the
knowing who to cling to when the  rain set in. And I
rain set in. And I  would have liked to have known you but I was
would have liked to have known you but I was  just a kid Your candle burned out
just a kid Your candle burned out  long before Your
long before Your legend ever did
 legend ever did
 Loneliness was tough The toughest role you
Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a
 ever played Hollywood created a superstar And pain was the price you
 superstar And pain was the price you  paid. Even when you
paid. Even when you  died Oh the press still
died Oh the press still  hounded you All the papers
hounded you All the papers  had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the
had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the  nude.
nude.
And it seems to me you
 seems to me you lived your life like a
 lived your life like a  candle in the wind,
candle in the wind,  Never
Never  knowing who to cling to when the
knowing who to cling to when the  rain set in. And I
rain set in. And I  would have liked to have known you but I was
would have liked to have known you but I was  just a kid Your candle burned out
just a kid Your candle burned out  long before Your
long before Your legend ever did
 legend ever did
 Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never  knew you at all, you had the grace to
knew you at all, you had the grace to  hold yourself while those around you
hold yourself while those around you crawled.
 crawled. Goodbye Norma Jean from the young man in the
 Goodbye Norma Jean from the young man in the  22nd row Who sees you as something more than
22nd row Who sees you as something more than  sexual More than just our Marilyn Mon
sexual More than just our Marilyn Mon roe
roe
And it seems to me you
 seems to me you lived your life like a
 lived your life like a  candle in the wind
candle in the wind , Never
, Never  knowing who to cling to when the
knowing who to cling to when the  rain set in. And I
rain set in. And I  would have liked to have known you but I was
would have liked to have known you but I was  just a kid Your candle burned out
just a kid Your candle burned out  long before Your
long before Your legend ever did
 legend ever did