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
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 twenty-second row
Who sees you as something more than just 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 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