Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the to hold yourself While those around you crawled crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain 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 wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked have known you But was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever(*) did
Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever Hollywood created a superstar And pain the price you paid Even when you died Oh the press still hounded you All the had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Goodbye Norma Jean From the young man in the 22nd Who sees you as something as more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe