Writer(s): Bernie Taupin, Elton John
Goodbye norma jean though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
As those around you crawled
They crawled out 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
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar and the 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 a young man in the twenty- second row who sees you as something more than sexual
More than just our
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 sets 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
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
