Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train it was sunny
Her salt box house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
Bill the was 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 "Holliday house"
Their parties where tasteful if a little too loud
The doctor told him to settle down
It must have been her fault that 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 women 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 games 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 most shameless women 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 the 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 the women with madness their men with mad habits
And then it was bought by me,
Who knows if I never showed up what could've been
There goes the loudest women this town has ever seen
I had an marvelous time ruining everything,
I had an marvelous time ruining everything
A marvelous time ruining everything
A marvelous time
I had an marvelous time.