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 IN 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,
AMONG
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,
AMONG
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 LIIVES 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,
AMONG
ENGLAND'S GREENEST HILLS;
YOUR CANDLE'S BURNED OUT LONG BEFORE
YOUR LEGEND EVER
WILL.
Lyrics by Bernard Taupin
Arranged and Sung by Elton John
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