Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller...

In case you tend to get Henry Miller and Arthur Miller confused, here are the lyrics to Dan Bern's "Marilyn." (This is the song that Magnus Toren serenaded us with at the Hay Festival last month). Watch the video here. 

Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller

Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller

Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller

Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller

But if she did he'd have taken her to Paris

And if she did she'd have smoked a lot of opium

And if she did she'd have dyed her hair blue

And if she did she might be alive

Oh-oh-o-oh Henry Miller

Oh-oh-o-oh Marilyn Monroe

Oh-oh-o-oh Henry Miller

Oh-oh-o-oh Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller

She lived outside the Tropic of Capricorn

Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller

I don't even know if she knew Henry Miller

But if she did he'd a taken her to Paris

And if she did they'd have fucked every day

And if she did she'd have felt like a woman

Not like a photogragh in a magazine

Oh-oh-o-oh Henry Miller

Oh-oh-o-oh Marilyn Monroe

This is not a knock against Arthur Miller

"Death of a Salesman" is my favorite play

But Marilyn Monroe should have married Henry Miller

And if she did she might be alive

Cause if she did he'd have taken her to Paris

Tied her to the bed and eaten dinner off of her

And okay maybe she'd have died the same, anyway

But if she did she'd have had more fun

Oh-oh-o-oh Henry Miller

Oh-oh-o-oh Marilyn Monroe

Oh-oh-o-oh Henry Miller

Oh-oh-o-oh Marilyn Monroe