The last american dynasty

[00:13.00] Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train

[00:16.19] It was sunny

[00:18.59] Her saltbox house on the coast

[00:20.71] Took her mind off St. Louis

[00:25.82] Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money

[00:31.41] And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"

[00:38.59] The wedding was charming, if a little gauche

[00:41.77] There's only so far new money goes

[00:45.24] They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"

[00:51.62] Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud

[00:55.06] The doctor had told him to settle down

[00:58.25] It must have been her fault his heart gave out

[01:02.77] And they said

[01:04.39] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[01:10.78] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[01:17.19] "There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen"

[01:23.05] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[01:30.21] Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever

[01:36.86] Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city

[01:42.44] Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

[01:45.88] And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

[01:49.88] And losin' on card game bets with Dalí

[01:54.66] And they said

[01:56.00] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[02:02.65] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[02:09.30] "There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen"

[02:14.88] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[02:22.58] They say she was seen on occasion

[02:24.98] Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea

[02:28.43] And in a feud with her neighbor

[02:31.35] She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

[02:35.33] 50 years is a long time

[02:37.98] Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

[02:41.44] Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits

[02:45.70] And then it was bought by me

[02:54.76] Who knows if I never showed up what could've been

[03:00.88] There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

[03:06.99] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:13.40] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:20.57] A marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:26.70] A marvelous time

[03:32.28] I had a marvelous time