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.
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
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never
knew you at all, you had the grace to
hold yourself while those around you
crawled.
Goodbye Norma Jean from the young man in the
22nd row Who sees you as something more than
sexual More than just our Marilyn Mon
roe
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