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Candle in the Wind 2008


From the <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/elton-john-keys-it-up-for-clinton">nytimes.com</a>:

<blockquote>Sir Elton John has a new Candle in the Wind.

Mr. John, the legendary British pop crooner who memorialized the late Princess Diana by rewriting the lyrics to his song, “Candle in the Wind,” will be holding a “one night only” solo concert on behalf of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign on April 9 at Radio City Music Hall in New York.</blockquote>

 

As a special tribute to the Senator, Sir Elton has rewritten "Candle in the Wind" yet again. Here is a sneak preview:


CANDLE IN THE WIND 2008

 

<I>Goodbye Hillary

We don't deserve you

You never lost your integrity

And this campaign isn't through.

Obama's a big Muslim

They'll find something on Rezko

And the road to Pennsylvania Avenue

Goes right through Puerto Rico

 

It seems to me

You ran your campaign

Like a candle in the wind

Never knowing who to turn to

When the spin set in

And I would have liked to've voted for you

And all your dreams fulfill

But your campaign burned out long before

Your ambition ever will…

 

You're the President of the people

You'll be a fighter for me

Because I gave 5 million to

Bill Clinton's library.

You struggle for the working man

Lobbyists are people too

Sometimes the truth is a fugitive

Just like  Norman Hsu

 

[CHORUS]

 

As First Lady you did so much

But your achievements went untold.

What was it like when you crossed

The Commander-in-Chief threshold?

You forged Ireland's peace treaty

Into warzones you'll boldly go

As President you can still take

Sinbad and Sheryl Crow

 

[CHORUS]

 

The system's stacked against you

Who knew Texas had a caucus?

The media's biased against you

Even George Stephanopoulos

You're the candidate of experience

Until you face McCain

Then experience will count for nothing

Because you'll represent change.

 

It seems to me

You ran your campaign

Like a candle in the wind

Never knowing who to turn to

When the spin set in

And I would have liked to've voted for you

And all your dreams fulfill

But your campaign burned out long before

Your ambition ever will…

 

Goodbye Hillary

From  an admiring Brit

I sure know about celebrity

If not American politics…</i> 


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From someone supporting the other side, let me say well written.

I'd suggest switching to "ain't" in a few places and elsewhere paying closer attention to the meter, but the chorus is darling, and I especially liked the "Commander-in-Chief threshold" rhyme.

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Better Elton John than Donnie McClurkin.

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