American dynasty

[00:13.28] Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train

[00:16.73] It was sunny

[00:18.87] Her saltbox house on the coast

[00:21.01] Took her mind off St. Louis

[00:26.33] Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money

[00:31.90] And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"

[00:39.07] The wedding was charming, if a little gauche

[00:42.52] There's only so far new money goes

[00:45.45] They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"

[00:51.82] Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud

[00:55.27] The doctor had told him to settle down

[00:58.72] It must have been her fault his heart gave out

[01:03.24] And they said

[01:04.57] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[01:11.23] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[01:17.61] "There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen"

[01:23.18] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[01:31.15] Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever

[01:37.27] Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city

[01:43.12] Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

[01:46.30] And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

[01:50.56] And losin' on card game bets with Dalí

[01:55.07] And they said

[01:56.93] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[02:03.04] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[02:09.42] "There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen"

[02:15.26] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[02:22.43] They say she was seen on occasion

[02:25.12] Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea

[02:28.84] And in a feud with her neighbor

[02:31.77] She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

[02:35.49] 50 years is a long time

[02:38.41] Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

[02:41.87] Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits

[02:46.65] And then it was bought by me

[02:55.15] Who knows if I never showed up what could've been

[03:01.80] There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

[03:07.12] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:13.49] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:20.66] A marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:26.78] A marvelous time

[03:33.15] I had a marvelous time