Candle in the wind by Elton John - lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Performed at Princess Diana's funeral, Saturday September 6, 1997.
Pre-intermediate exercise designed by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)
Number the lines of each verse to complete the song
Goodbye _____ to those in pain
May you ever _____ belong to heaven
You were the _____ England's rose
Where lives _____ spell out your name
You called out _____ to our country
And you whispered _____ grace that placed itself
Now you _____ grow in our hearts
And the stars _____ were torn apart
CHORUS:
And it seems _____ greenest hills
Like a candle _____ ever will
Never fading _____ burned out long before
When _____ to me you lived your life
And your footsteps will _____ always fall here
Along England's _____ the rain set in
Your candle's _____ in the wind
Your legend _____ with the sunset
Loveliness _____ cannot express
These empty days without _____ our nation's golden child
This torch _____ we try
For _____ we'll always carry
And even though _____ we've lost
The truth brings _____ us through the years
All our words _____ us to tears
The joy you brought _____ your smile
Chorus
Goodbye _____ rose
May you ever grow _____ ever know
You were _____ England's rose
Where lives were _____ in our hearts
Goodbye England's _____ without your soul
From a country lost _____ the wings of your compassion
Who'll miss _____ the grace that placed itself
More than you'll _____ torn apart
Chorus
Your footsteps will always _____ burned out long before
Along England's _____ legend ever will
Your candle's _____ fall here
Your _____ greenest hills