Elton John – Candle in the wind

Elton John – Candle in the wind

 

 

Goodbye, Norma JeanThough I never knew you at allYou were the grace to hold yourselfWhile those around you crawledThey crawled out of the woodworkAnd they whispered into your brainThey set you on the treadmillAnd they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the windNever knowing who to cling to when the rain set inAnd I would like to know you but I was just a kidYour candle burned out long before your legend ever did
Goodbye, Norma JeanThough I never knew you at allYou had the grace to hold yourselfWhile those around you crawled
Goodbye, Norma JeanFrom the young man in the 22nd rowWho sees you as something as more than sexualMore than just our Marilyn Monroe
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the windNever knowing who to cling to when the rain set inAnd I would like to know you but I was just a kidYour candle burned out long before your legend ever didYour candle burned out long before your legend ever didYour candle burned out long before your legend…