A Lady of a Certain Age - The Divine Comedy.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Hannon
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Neil Hannon
[00:23.00]Back in the day you had been part of the smart set
[00:28.00]You'd holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets
[00:34.00]From London to New York, Cap Ferrat to Capri
[00:39.00]In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy
[00:45.00]You sipped camparis with David and Peter
[00:50.00]At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
[00:56.00]Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
[01:01.00]Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree
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[01:07.00]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
[01:12.00]Until the light of youth became obscured
[01:17.00]And left you on your own and in the shade
[01:23.00]An English lady of a certain age
[01:29.00]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
[01:34.00]You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
[01:39.00]"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
[01:45.00]And he'd say,"no, you couldn't be!"
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[01:52.00]You had to marry someone very very rich
[01:59.00]So that you might be kept in the style to which
[02:04.00]You had all of your life been accustomed to
[02:10.00]But that the socialists had taxed away from you
[02:14.00]You gave him children, a girl and a boy
[02:20.00]To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
[02:25.00]
[02:26.00]And when the time came they were sent away
[02:31.00]Well that was simply what you did in those days
[02:37.00]
[02:37.00]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
[02:42.00]Until the light of youth became obscured
[02:47.00]And left you on your own and in the shade
[02:52.00]An English lady of a certain age
[02:59.00]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
[03:04.00]You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
[03:10.00]"You wouldn't think that I was sixty three"
[03:15.00]And he'd say,"no, you couldn't be!
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[03:24.00]Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
[03:29.00]Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry
[03:34.00]Your daughter never finished her finishing school
[03:41.00]Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve
[03:45.00]Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day
[03:51.00]He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
[03:57.00]And so you come here to escape your little flat
[04:02.00]Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how
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[04:07.00]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
[04:13.00]Until the light of youth became obscured
[04:18.00]And left you all alone and in the shade
[04:24.00]An English lady of a certain age
[04:29.00]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
[04:35.00]You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
[04:40.00]"You wouldn't think that I was fifty three"
[04:46.00]And he'd say,"no, you couldn't be!