More than just our Marilyn Monroe
While those around you crawled
Your candle burned out long before
I would have liked to have known you
Your candle burned out long before
When the rain set in
When the rain set in
Hollywood created a superstar
But I was just a kid
And they made you change your name
It seems to me you've lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
You had the grace to hold yourself
Who sees you as something more than sexual
But I was just a kid
Goodbye Norma Jean
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
It seems to me you've lived your life
You had the grace to hold yourself
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend never did
Oh, but I was just a kid
And I would have liked to have known you
When the rain set in
From a young man in the twenty second row
While those around you crawled
The toughest role you ever played
All that papers had to say
They said you on the treadmill
But I was just a kid
Oh, the press still hounded you
Never knowing who to cling to
Though I never knew you at all
Your candle burned out long before
I would have liked to have known you
They crawled out of the woodwork
I would have liked to have known you
Never knowing who to cling to
It seems to me you've lived your life
Goodbye Norma Jean
Loneliness was tough
And they whispered into your brain
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
Your legend ever did
Your legend ever did
And pain was the price you paid
Like a candle in the wind
Even when you died
