The last great american dynasty

[00:13.41] Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train

[00:16.60] It was sunny

[00:18.73] Her saltbox house on the coast

[00:20.85] Took her mind off St. Louis

[00:26.19] Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money

[00:31.77] And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"

[00:39.20] The wedding was charming, if a little gauche

[00:42.13] There's only so far new money goes

[00:45.58] They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"

[00:51.95] Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud

[00:55.15] The doctor had told him to settle down

[00:58.60] It must have been her fault his heart gave out

[01:03.13] And they said

[01:04.72] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[01:10.84] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[01:17.54] "There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen"

[01:23.12] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[01:30.85] Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever

[01:37.22] Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city

[01:43.07] Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

[01:46.25] And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

[01:50.50] And losin' on card game bets with Dalí

[01:55.04] And they said

[01:56.63] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[02:03.01] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[02:09.40] "There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen"

[02:14.97] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[02:22.67] They say she was seen on occasion

[02:25.07] Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea

[02:28.80] And in a feud with her neighbor

[02:31.73] She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

[02:35.18] 50 years is a long time

[02:38.12] Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

[02:41.90] Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits

[02:46.42] And then it was bought by me

[02:54.92] Who knows if I never showed up what could've been

[03:01.56] There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

[03:13.53] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:14.34] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:20.48] A marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:26.89] A marvelous time

[03:33.00] I had a marvelous time