Aqui também está a canção que
Elton John cantou para Diana em seu ritual de
despedida. Em 1973, a linha inicial foi
"Goodbye, Norma Jean." Em 1997, é
"Goodbye, England's rose." Outro
tributo para outro ícone...
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 candle's 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 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.