This one's for a girl named Norma Jean
She was a beauty queen
Had the world upon a string

They named her Marilyn Monroe
And they gave her a role to play, said
Show your legs and paint your face

And all the papers said, the papers said

Smile for the camera
Baby, you're a star
Smile for the camera
You are gonna go so far

Oh, she lost touch
With a girl called Norma Jean
She was just trying to be
The one who had everything

Oh, and everywhere she went became a stage
Men with their hungry gaze
That was just the price to pay

And all the papers said, the papers said

Smile for the camera
Baby, you're a star
Smile for the camera
You are gonna go so far

And on the day she died
They said she lost her mind
They found her wearing nothing but Chanel No. 5
But if you asked her what the reason was
She'd tell you that it was because
She was only playin'
She was only playin'
She was only playin' her part

And all the papers said, the papers said

Smile for the camera
Baby, you're a star
Smile for the camera
You are gonna go so far

So this one's for a girl called Norma Jean
She was a radiant beam
Stuck inside a TV screen

Oh, you know, to pick a flower
Is to choose her dying day
They put her in a vase
Then they watched her wilt away