Candle In The Wind

Candle In The Wind is an Elton John song.

StatisticsEdit

• 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: 1974, 1987, 1997

LyricsEdit

1974 & 1987 versions

• 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
• 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

1997 version

• Goodbye England's rose

  

• 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

TriviaEdit

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