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A Lady Of A Certain Age - The Divine Comedy
Back in the day
you had been part of the smart set
You'd holidayed with kings,
dined out with starlets
From London to New York,
Cap Ferrat to Capri
In perfume by Chanel
and clothes by Givenchy
You sipped camparis with David and Peter
At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Armed only with a cheque book
and a family tree
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
Until the light of youth became obscured
And left you on your own and in the shade
An English lady of a certain age
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink

You'd say with a conspiratorial wink

You wouldn't think that I was seventy

And he'd say,
No, you couldn't be

You had to marry someone very very rich

So that you might be kept in the style to which

You had all of your life been accustomed to
But that the socialists had taxed away from you
You gave him children, a girl and a boy
To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
And when the time came they were sent away

Well that was simply what you did in those days
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
Until the light of youth became obscured
And left you on your own and in the shade
An English lady of a certain age
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink

You wouldn't think that I was sixty three
And he'd say,
No, you couldn't be

Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry

Your daughter never finished her finishing school
Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve
Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day

He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
And so you come here to escape your little flat

Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
Until the light of youth became obscured
And left you all alone and in the shade
An English lady of a certain age
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
You wouldn't think that I was fifty three

And he'd say,
No, you couldn't be