Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you called They crawled out of the woodwork and they whispered into your brain They sent 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 when I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before, a legend of a day 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 surrounded you All the papers had to say, a boyfriend Marilyn was found in the *** 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 when I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before, a legend of a day