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(VER)
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Rebekah rode
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up on the afternoon
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train, it was sunny
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Her saltbox house on the
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coast took her mind off St.
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Louis
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Bill was the
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heir to the Standard Oil
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name and mo
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ney
And the
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town said, “How did a
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middle-class divorcée
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do
it?”
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The wedding was
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charming, if a little gauc
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he
There’s only so far new money go
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es
They picked out a
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home and called it “Holiday
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House”
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Their parties were
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tasteful, if a little loud
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The doctor had
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told him to settle down
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It must have been
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her fault his heart gave out
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(CHO)
And they said
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“There goes the
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last great American
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dynasty
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Who knows, if
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she never showed up, what could’ve
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been
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D
There goes the
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maddest woman this town has
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ever
seen
She had a
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marvelous time
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ruining
everything
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”
(VER)
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Rebekah gave
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up on the Rhode Island se
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t
forever
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Flew in all her
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Bitch Pack friends from the
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city
Filled the
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pool with champagne and
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swam with the big names
And
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blew through the money on the
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boys and the ballet
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And losing on
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card game bets with
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Dalí
(CHO)
And they said
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“There goes the
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last great American
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dynasty
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Who knows, if
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she never showed up, what could’ve
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been
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D
There goes the
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maddest woman this town has
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ever
seen
She had a
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marvelous time
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ruining
everything
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”
(BRI)
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They say she was
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seen on occasion
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Pacing the rocks, staring
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out at the midnight sea
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And in a feud with her
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neighbor
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She stole his dog and
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dyed it key lime green
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Fifty
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years is a long time
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Holiday House sat
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quietly on that beach
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Free of
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women with madness,
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their men and bad habits
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And then it was bought by me
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(CHO)
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Who knows, if
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I never showed up, what could’ve been
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D
There goes the
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loudest woman this town ha
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s ever seen
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I had a ma
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rvelous time ru
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ining
everything
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(OUTRO)
I had a
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marvelous
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tim
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e
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ruining
everything
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A marvelous
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time
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rui
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ning
everything
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A marvelous
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time
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I had a
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marvelous
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time
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