[Verse 1]
             
 Rebekah rode 

            
up on the afte

        
rnoon train, i

t was sunny
             
 Her saltbox h

            
ouse on the co

              
ast took her m

          
ind off St. Lo

uis
             
 Bill was the 

            
heir to the St

            
andard Oil nam

      
e and money
             
 And the town 

              
said, "How did

            
 a middle-clas

         
s divorcée do 

it?"
           
 The wedding w

            
as charming, i

              
f a little gau

 
che
              
 There's only 

              
so far new mon

     
ey goes
              
 They picked o

            
ut a home and 

              
called it "Hol

    
iday House"
           
 Their parties

            
 were tasteful

              
, if a little 

    
loud
              
 The doctor ha

             
d told him to 

           
settle down
              
 It must have 

            
been her fault

             
 his heart gav

/
e out
N.C.
 And they said

[Chorus]
             
 There goes th

           
e last great A

             
merican dynast

  
y
             
 Who knows, if

           
 she never sho

              
wed up, what c

           
ould've been
             
 There goes th

           
e maddest woma

              
n this town ha

  
s ever seen
             
She had a marv

            
elous time rui

              
ning everythin

 
g

[Verse 2]
             
 Rebekah gave 

            
up on the Rhod

           
e Island set f

orever
             
 Flew in all h

            
er Bitch Pack 

              
friends from t

   
he city
            
 Filled the po

             
ol with champa

        
gne and swam w

ith the big na

mes
            
 And blew thro

              
ugh the money 

       
on the boys an

d the ballet
             
 And losing on

            
 card game bet

       
s with Dalí
N.C.
 And they said

[Chorus]
             
 There goes th

             
e last great A

             
merican dynast


y
             
 Who knows, if

             
 she never sho

              
wed up, what c

              
ould've been
             
 There goes th

             
e most shamele

              
ss woman this 


town has ever 

seen
             
She had a marv

             
elous time rui

              
ning everythin

 
g

[Bridge]
            
  They say she

     
 was seen on o

ccasion
             
Pacing the roc

            
ks, staring ou

t at the midni

ght sea
          
  And in a feu

             
d with her nei

ghbor
             
She stole his 

        
dog and dyed i

t key lime gre

en
      
  Fifty years 

is a long time
             
Holiday House 

    
sat quietly on

 that beach
          
  Free of wome

              
n with madness

        
, their men an

d bad habits

And then it wa

s bought by me

  

[Chorus]
             
 Who knows, if

             
 I never showe

              
d up, what cou

              
ld've been
             
 There goes th

             
e loudest woma

              
n this town ha

          
s ever seen
             
I had a marvel

             
ous time ruini

                   
ng everything

[Outro]
             
 I had a marve

         
lous time ruin

ing everything
            
 A marvelous t

     
ime ruining ev

erything
            
 A marvelous t

     
ime
             
 I had a marve

         
lous time