1351 – Elton John – Candle in the wind (1973)

 

Escrita por Elton John e Bernie Taupie, foi gravada em maio de 1973 e lançada em 5 de outubro de 1973 no disco Goodye yellow brik road e depois em compacto que tinha Bennie and The Jets como Lado B, em 22 de fevereiro de 1974. Foi feita em homenagem à Marylin Monroe, que havia morrido 11 anos antes. Foi reescrita em 1997 pra homenagear Diana, Princesa de Gales, e foi chamada Candle in the wind 1997. No entando, essa versão de 1973, é a canção de número 347 da revista Rolling Stone “500 greatest songs of all time”. Elton tocou piano e cantou. Davey Johnstone tocou guitarra elétrica, violão e fez backing vocals. Dee Murray tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Nigel Olsson tocou bateria e fez backing vocals.

A letra:

Goodbye Norma Jean
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

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

And I would have liked to know you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough
The 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

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

And I would have liked to know you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled

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

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

And I would have liked to know 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

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