Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Clive Gregson

Producer: Bill Cuomo Kim Carnes

"Candle in the Wind" is a song with music by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It was originally written in 1973, in honor of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier. In 1997, John performed a remake of the song as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. This version of the song was released as a single, and reached No. 1 in many countries, proving a much greater success than the original. The original version in the key of E major appeared on John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Read more on Last.fm.

Length: 3:48

Sometimes it hurts so much that I wonder
What kind of spell I am under
That makes me feel this way
I know the ways of love aren't easy
You try your best to please me
But I still have to say

You drain my emotion
But I will not let it show
Cause you just want to wind me up
But you cannot stand to watch me go
Why do your reactions always seem so slow
For tonight tonight it could be touch and go

It seems that mothers words still linger
Beware the moving finger
And keep yourself quite pure
In time a man will come and he'll bring
A promise and a ring
But till that day be sure

And hide your emotion
And never let it show
Cause you just want to wind me up
But you cannot stand to watch me go
Why do your reactions always seem so slow
For tonight tonight it could be touch and go
For tonight tonight it could be touch and go

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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