Candle In The Wind

Candle In The Wind is an Elton John song.

Statistics

 * Key: E
 * Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973), Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (1987), The Big Picture (1997)
 * Genre: Love song
 * Length: 3:47
 * Year: 1973, 1987, 1997

Lyrics
1973 & 1987 versions
 * Goodbye, Norma Jean Candle in the Wind - Elton JohnElton John - Candle In The Wind
 * Though I never knew you at all

1997 version
 * 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
 * All 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
 * Goodbye England's rose Elton John - Candle In The Wind-0
 * May you ever grow in our hearts
 * You were the grace that placed itself
 * Where lives were torn apart
 * You called out to our country
 * And you whispered to those in pain
 * Now you belong to heaven
 * And the stars spell out your name
 * And it seems to me you lived your life
 * Like a candle in the wind
 * Never fading with the sunset
 * When the rain set in
 * And your footsteps will always fall here
 * Along England's greenest hills
 * Your candle's burned out long before
 * Your legend ever will
 * Loveliness we've lost
 * These empty days without your smile
 * This torch we'll always carry
 * For our nation's golden child
 * And even though we try
 * The truth brings us to tears
 * All our words cannot express
 * The joy you brought us through the years
 * And it seems to me you lived your life
 * Like a candle in the wind
 * Never fading with the sunset
 * When the rain set in
 * And your footsteps will always fall here
 * Along England's greenest hills
 * Your candle's burned our long before
 * Your legend ever will
 * Goodbye England's rose
 * May you ever grow in our hearts
 * You were the grace that placed itself
 * Where lives were torn apart
 * Goodbye England's rose
 * From a country lost without your soul
 * Who'll miss the wings of your compassion
 * More than you'll ever know
 * And it seems to me you lived your life
 * Like a candle in the wind
 * Never fading with the sunset
 * When the rain set in
 * And you footsteps will always fall here
 * Along England's greenest hills
 * Your candle's burned out long before
 * Your legend ever will
 * When the rain set in
 * And you footsteps will always fall here
 * Along England's greenest hills
 * Your candle's burned out long before
 * Your legend ever will

Trivia

 * The 1997 song was to dedicate Diana, Pincess of Wales.