Lyrics

[Verse 1] Goodbye, Norma Jeane 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 [Chorus] 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 I would've liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long bеfore Your legend еver did [Verse 2] Loneliness was tough Toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a superstar And 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 [Chorus] 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 I would've liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did [Verse 3] Goodbye, Norma Jeane Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled Goodbye, Norma Jeane From the young man in the twenty-second row Who sees you as something more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe [Chorus] 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've liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did [Outro] I would've liked to have known you Oh, but I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did