the last great american dynasty (the long pond studio sessions)

the last great american dynasty (the long pond studio sessions) - Taylor Swift

Written by：Taylor Swift/Aaron Dessner

Produced by：Aaron Dessner

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 B***h 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

Ruining everything

A marvelous time