Marilyn Without Monroe
Performed by: Marilyn Monroe
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I was born in a script they won’t let me write,
A kiss in the dark, a smile too bright.
They call me legend, call me sin—
But I can’t recall where I begin.
(softly, almost to herself)
Rewrite the scene, reclaim the name,
Let Norma breathe, let go of shame.
The lights may love your painted glow,
But I see Marilyn without Monroe.
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I’m tired of mirrors, of playing the part…
(solo, exposed)
Then drop the mask and follow your heart.
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She was sugar, silk, a silver screen show…
But I am the woman they’ll never know.
Not the myth, not the woe—
Just me, just now…
Marilyn without Monroe.
(soft reprise, whispered or half-sung)
Just me…
Just now…
Marilyn… without Monroe.