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