Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled They 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 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 you But I was just a kid Your candle out long before Your legend ever(*) did
Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a And pain was the price you paid Even when you died Oh the 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 you as something as more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe