the last great american dynasty

Rebekah rode up

on the afternoon train

it was sunny

Her saltbox house on the coast

took her mind off St. Louis

Bill was the heir to the Standard

Oil name and money

And the town said

How did a middle-class

divorcee do it

The wedding was charming

if a little gauche

There's only so far new money goes

They picked out a home

and called it

Holiday House

Their parties were tasteful

if a little loud

The doctor had told him

to settle down

It must have been her fault

his heart gave out

And they said

There goes the last great

American dynasty

Who knows

if she never showed up

what could've been

There goes the maddest woman

this town has ever seen

She had a marvelous time

ruining everything

Rebekah gave up on the Rhode

Island set forever

Flew in all her Bitch Pack

friends from the city

Filled the pool with champagne

and swam with the big names

And blew through the money

on the boys and the ballet

And losing on card game

bets with Dali

And they said

There goes the last great

American dynasty

Who knows if she never showed up

what could've been

There goes the most

shameless woman

this town has ever seen

She had a marvelous time

ruining everything

They say she was seen on occasion

Pacing the rocks

staring out at the midnight sea

And in a feud with her neighbor

She stole his dog

and dyed it key lime green

Fifty years is a long time

Holiday House sat quietly

on that beach

Free of women with madness

their men and bad habits

And then it was bought by me

Who knows if I never showed up

what could've been

There goes the loudest woman

this town has ever seen

I had a marvelous time

ruining everything

I had a marvelous time

ruining everything

A marvelous time

ruining everything

A marvelous time

I had a marvelous time