What are the lyrics to candle in the wind by Elton John?

Answer 1

Originally about Marilyn Monroe- Good Bye Norma Jean. It is a tight squeeze adapting the Lyrics to Princess Diana. I had an idea how about- and this ( yet to come) and Michael Schofield haunted you, past Roma"s seven Hills...Your shadow faded long ago, your Presence never will! to the Rose of Fair Italy!

Answer 2

Here are the lyrics to the original 1973 version, which was a tribute to the late Marilyn Monroe, whose real name was Norma Jean Baker:

Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all

you had the grace to hold yourself, while those around you fall.

Brought out of the woodwork, and they whispered into your brain

They set you on a treadmill, and they made you change your name.

CHORUS 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've like to have known you, but I was just a kid,*

The candle burned out long before the legend ever did.

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played,

Hollywood made you a superstar, and fame was the price you paid.

Even when you died, for the press to hound at you

all the 'papers had to say was that Marilyn was found in the nude.

(CHORUS)

Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all

you had the grace to hold yourself while those around you fall.

Goodbye Norma Jean, from the young man in the 22nd row

who sees you something more than sexual, more than just our Marilyn

Monroe.

(CHORUS- Last line sung twice)

*(Elton was only 15 when Monroe died in 1962)

These are the lyrics to the original version- if you want the ones to the 1997 version that was a tribute to Princess Diana, ask again and I'll try to look them up for you.