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 divorcée 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 B***h 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 Dalí 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 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 50 years is a long time Holiday House sat quietly on that beach Free of women with madness Their men and bad habits 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 tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime ruining everything I had a marvelous tiiiiiiiiiiiime Ruining everything A marvelous tiiiiiiiiiiiime Ruining everything A marvelous tiiiiiiiiiiiime I had a marvelous tiiiiiiiiiiiiime D G C C