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 that 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 before

Your legend ever did.


Loneliness wa tough,

The toughest role you ever played.

Hollywood created a superstar

And pain was the price you paid,

Even when you died

The pres still hounded you

All that papers had to say

Was that Marilyn was found in the nude.


Goodbye Norma Jean

Though I never you at all

You had the grace to hold yourself

While those around you crawled.


Goodbye Norma Jean,

From the young man in the 22nd row

Who sees you as something more than sexual,

Something more than just our Marilyn Monroe.