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 the *** 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 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