the last great american dynasty

[00:10.30] Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train

[00:13.86] It was sunny

[00:16.14] Her saltbox house on the coast

[00:17.92] Took her mind off St. Louis

[00:23.42] Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money

[00:28.93] And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"

[00:36.17] The wedding was charming, if a little gauche

[00:39.47] There's only so far new money goes

[00:42.72] They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"

[00:49.22] Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud

[00:52.53] The doctor had told him to settle down

[00:56.08] It must have been her fault his heart gave out

[01:00.63] And they said

[01:01.91] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[01:08.28] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[01:14.81] "There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen"

[01:20.56] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[01:28.31] Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, forever

[01:34.37] Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city

[01:39.93] Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

[01:43.43] And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

[01:47.43] And losin' on card game bets with Dalí

[01:52.18] And they said

[01:53.93] "There goes the last great American dynasty"

[02:00.23] "Who knows if she never showed up, what could've been"

[02:06.73] "There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen"

[02:12.48] "She had a marvelous time ruinin' everything"

[02:19.73] They say she was seen on occasion

[02:22.77] Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea

[02:26.52] And in a feud with her neighbor

[02:29.02] She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

[02:32.77] 50 years is a long time

[02:35.77] Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

[02:39.30] Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits

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

[02:52.30] Who knows if I never showed up what could've been

[02:58.80] There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

[03:04.30] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:10.80] I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:17.60] A marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:24.10] A marvelous time ruinin' everything

[03:30.90] A marvelous time