Author: Bernie Tauplin
Goodbye Norma Jeane.
Though I never knew you at all.
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled.
And 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 have known 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
The press still hounded you-
All the paper had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude.
Goodbye Norma Jeane.
Though I never knew you at all.
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled.
Goodbye Norma Jeane.
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something more than sexual,
More than just our Marilyn Monroe.
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Good-Bye England's Rose
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 out
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 your footsteps will always fall here,
along England’s greenest hills,
your candle’s burned out
long before your legend ever will.
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There was a time
I was everything and nothing all in one
When you found me
I was feeling like a cloud across the sun
I need to tell you
How you light up every second of the day
But in the moonlight
You just shine like a beacon on the bay
And I can't explain
But it's something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
It's that feeling I get about you, deep inside
And I can't describe
But it's something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
The way you look tonight
With your smile
You pull the deepest secrets from my heart
In all honesty
I'm speechless and I don't know where to start
And I can't explain
But it's something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
It's that feeling I get about you, deep inside
And I can't describe
But it's something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
The way you look tonight
And I can't explain
But it's something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
It's that feeling I get about you, deep inside
And I can't describe
But it's something about the way you look tonight
Takes my breath away
The way you look tonight
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