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Goodbye England's Rose...








September 1997

You don't have to like her, you just have to admire her for what she had achieved. One person who bothered to get up off her butt and try to change the world.

They say that one person alone can't change the world...
...I think they are wrong.






Candle In The Wind 1997     [Elton John]



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 candles 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 nations 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 candles 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 will 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 burned out long before
your legend ever will


and your footsteps will always fall here
along england's greenest hills.....


.....your candle burned out long before
your legend ever will




               Diana Spencer 1961 - 1997
                           Vaya Con Dios







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