the last great american dynasty (the long pond studio sessions) (320K)

[00:10.66] rebekah rode up on the afternoon train

[00:13.93] it was sunny

[00:15.97] her saltbox house on the coast

[00:18.50] took her mind off st. louis

[00:23.27] bill was the heir to the standard oil name and money

[00:28.81] and the town said, "how did a middle-class divorcée do it?"

[00:36.11] the wedding was charming, if a little gauche

[00:39.38] there's only so far new money goes

[00:42.91] they picked out a home and called it "holiday house"

[00:49.19] their parties were tasteful, if a little loud

[00:52.60] the doctor had told him to settle down

[00:55.88] it must have been her fault his heart gave out

[01:00.41] and they said

[01:01.96] "there goes the last great american dynasty"

[01:08.26] "who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[01:15.04] "there goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen"

[01:20.33] "she had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[01:28.15] rebekah gave up on the rhode island set, forever

[01:34.50] flew in all her bitch pack friends from the city

[01:40.63] filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

[01:43.65] and blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

[01:47.72] and losin' on card game bets with dalí

[01:52.28] and they said

[01:53.77] "there goes the last great american dynasty"

[02:00.32] "who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[02:06.85] "there goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen"

[02:12.38] "she had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[02:19.65] they say she was seen on occasion

[02:22.42] pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea

[02:26.44] and in a feud with her neighbor

[02:28.96] she stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

[02:32.97] 50 years is a long time

[02:35.47] holiday house sat quietly on that beach

[02:39.28] free of women with madness, their men and bad habits

[02:43.55] and then it was bought by me

[02:52.10] who knows if i never showed up what could've been

[02:58.38] there goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

[03:04.43] i had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:10.72] i had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:17.80] a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:24.08] a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:30.86] marvelous time