The Last Great American Dynasty

Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train It was sunny

Her saltbox house on the coast Took her mind off St. Louis

Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name And money

And the town said “How did a middle class divorcée do it?”

The wedding was charming

If a little gauche

There’s only so far new money goes

They picked out a home and called it “Holiday House”

Their parties were tasteful

If a little loud

The doctor had told him to settle down

It must have been her fault his heart gave out

And they said

There goes the last great American dynasty

Who knows if she never showed up

what could’ve been

There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen

She had a marvelous time ruining everything

Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set Forever

Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city

Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names and blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

And losing on card game bets with Dalí

And they said

There goes the last great American dynasty

Who knows if she never showed up

what could’ve been

There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen

She had a marvelous time ruining everything

They say

She was seen on occasion

Pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight sea

And in a feud with her neighbor she stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

50 years is a long time

Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits

Then it was bought by me

Who knows if I never showed up what could’ve been

There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

I had a marvelous time ruining everything

I had a marvelous time Ruining everything

A marvelous time

Ruining everything

A marvelous time

I had a marvelous time ^[1] 

在一個大晴天 麗貝卡乘上了這趟下午的火車

她要去往的海邊鹽屋讓她的心神早已飄離聖路易斯

比爾是美孚石油財團的繼承人 聲名煊赫腰纏萬貫

整座城鎮的人都在議論紛紛 一箇中產階級的離異女人是怎麼上位的

這場婚禮如夢似幻

若有什麼地方不夠得體的話

可能就只有花錢如流水這一點吧

他倆精心挑選了愛巢並將它喚作“度假小屋”

他們舉辦的派對格調高雅

若有什麼地方稍顯花哨的話

可能是醫生勸男主人修生養性吧

這一定是她的錯才會讓他滿心痴迷

人們都這麼説

這就是美利堅的末代盛世王朝

誰又知道倘若她不曾現世

一切又將如何發展呢

這可是這座城池有史以來最為瘋狂的女人

她擁有推翻一切的輝煌時代

麗貝卡遠離塵囂回到羅得島上永久定居

她組建Bitch Pack所結識的好友都紛紛從都市飛來

與名流們暢遊香檳酒池 也資助着青年才俊和芭蕾舞團

然後在玩卡牌下注時輸給達裏

人們都這麼説

這就是美利堅的末代盛世王朝

誰又知道倘若她不曾現世

一切又將如何發展呢

這可是這座城池有史以來最拋頭露面的女人

She had a marvelous time ruining everything

她擁有推翻一切的輝煌時代

人們説

偶爾會有人看見她

在午夜時分漫步於岩石 凝神注視着大海

還聽聞她因為偷了鄰居的狗並將它染成黃綠色而與他結下宿怨

50年是很漫長的一段時光

那座度假小屋仍然悄然無息地屹立在岸邊

象徵着女人從瘋婦的刻板印象、她們的男人、還有一些鄙陋的傳統中解放

而如今我成為了它的新主人

誰又知道倘若我不曾現世 一切又將如何發展呢

我可是這座城池有史以來最擲地有聲的女人

我擁有推翻一切的輝煌時代

我擁有推翻一切的輝煌時代

輝煌的時代

推翻陳舊的一切

一段非凡的時代

我擁有一場輝煌的時代 ^[1]