Intro :
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 …
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 …
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 …
Verse 1 :
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
Verse 2 :
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 they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
Chorus :
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
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 …
Interlude :
Verse 3 :
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Verse 4 :
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
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 :
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
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 …
Interlude :
Verse 1 :
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
Verse 5 :
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
Chorus :
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
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 …
Your candle burned out long
before
Your legend ever did …
Your legend ever did …
Annotation :
Title : Candle in the Wind
Artist : Elton John
Author : Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Length : 03:50
Album : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Year : 1973