Diana

This song captures the incredible outpouring of emotion that ensued after Princess Diana's sudden death on 31st August 1997. This song was written and completed over the 4 days thereafter - completed before her funeral.
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Cover photograph "Diana, Princess of Wales - Licensed from Alamy 2021
"DIANA" © 1997 Blue Sky Music Pty Ltd / Andrew/Starr Witness
When you came you were a listening bird
With a shyness wrapped in sweetness
When you came you were a glistening bird
Like the sunshine on a waterfall
There you were looking dignified
Stiffened by a royal tie around you
That's how we found you
The Princess of Smiles
So you took your life above the trees
Angled by a friendly breeze into our backyards
And the years that you lived just there
We followed every heartbeat, every murmur, every tear you shed
And there you were looking dignified
Stiffened by this royal tie around you
It had surrounded you
But you still shined
(And then the crowds would call)
It's Diana, Diana
We grew to love the girl
All around the world
And beauty !
The likes of which we'd never seen
Graced the covers of magazines across the globe
But the lenses grew large and long
Invading every private moment that you'd planned on
But there you stood looking mystified
Angered by the prying eyes around you
And they did... h o u n d... you !
But still you shined
(And then the crowds would call)
It's Diana, Diana
We grew to love the girl
All around the world
It's Diana, Diana
We all loved her world as it climbed and swirled
Late one Paris night you were taken
From our lives the world was shaken
Stunned into loving, praising all your worth
Everyone on earth cried Diana, Diana
Diana, Diana