Yesterday about 60 years ago, a plane crashed in the snow in Iowa, taking the lives of three legends. Legends that many of you remember (no pun intended) Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P "Big Bopper" Richardson, also taking the life of their pilot Roger Peterson. Holly, Valens, and Richardson had a major place in the heart of music, also in the hearts of millions. Let us not forget February 3, 1959, The Day The Music Died. Gone but never forgotten. They still live in the hearts of the millions of their fans. I wrote this version of Candle in the Wind specifically for this purpose and I have sent it to Sir Elton John to see if he will use it.
Goodbye Rock N Roll
Though we never
Held you at all
You were the tune
That placed itself
When our souls
Were torn apart
You called out to our youth
And you whispered
Into their brains
You set them on a stage
And you made them
Change their name
And it seems to me
You lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never dimming with the spotlight
When the new age came in
And I remember
When I heard you
When I was just a kid
Your candles burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Many legends weve lost
All these years
Throughout the change
All our favorite superstars
But the song
In our hearts remain
I remember when you died
Oh the press they had to say
That you went down in February
With the others on that plane
And it seems to me
You lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never dimming with the spotlight
When the new age came in
And I remember
When I heard you
When I was just a kid
Your candles burned out long before
Your legend ever did