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                                 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
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                         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
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                         Loneliness was tough
                         The toughest role you ever played
                         Hollywood created a superstar
                         And pain was the price you paid
                         Even when you died
                         Oh the press still hounded you
                         All the papers had to say
                         Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
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                         Goodbye Norma Jean
                                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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                                 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
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                         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
                    Â
                         Loneliness was tough
                         The toughest role you ever played
                         Hollywood created a superstar
                         And pain was the price you paid
                         Even when you died
                         Oh the press still hounded you
                         All the papers had to say
                         Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
                    Â
                         Goodbye Norma Jean
                                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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