Elton John – Candle in the wind
Elton John – Candle in the wind
Goodbye, Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all You were 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 nameAnd 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 like to know you but I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before your legend ever didGoodbye, Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawledGoodbye, Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row Who sees you as something as more than sexual More than just our Marilyn MonroeAnd 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 like to know you but I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did Your candle burned out long before your legend…