X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9ea11c126db63bd3,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Subject: Candle in the Wind Date: 1997/10/11 Message-ID: <61mup1$nkq$1@mnementh.southern.co.nz>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 279400433 Organization: Southern InterNet Services Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art ______________________________________________ / /\ / |_/ | CANDLE IN THE WIND (1997) | | | | | | 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. | y\.-v'l / Now you belong to heaven, / f Y | | and the stars spell out your name. | | " | | | | | \ And it seems to me you lived your life \ b | | 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. | _..--f`-...-'|--..'/ )) | | \ `-.!._____.!.-' (__,;' \ Loveliness we've lost; \ \ .---' \ these empty days without your smile. \ ``-...___...-'' | This torch we'll always carry | (FL) | 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. | \ \ | 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. / __/__________________________________________ / / / / \ \__/ `--------------------------------------------' [ Words by Bernie Taupin ] Bye,