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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