《A Lady of a Certain Age(Edit)》歌词

[00:00:00] A Lady of a Certain Age (Edit) - The Divine Comedy

[00:00:06] Back in the day

[00:00:07] You had been part of the smart set

[00:00:11] You'd holidayed with kings

[00:00:14] Dined out with starlets

[00:00:16] From London to New York

[00:00:19] Cap Ferrat to Capri

[00:00:22] In perfume by Chanel

[00:00:24] And clothes by Givenchy

[00:00:26] You sipped camparis with David and Peter

[00:00:33] At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva

[00:00:38] Scaling the dizzy heights of high society

[00:00:44] Armed only with a cheque book

[00:00:46] And a family tree

[00:00:49] You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur

[00:00:55] Until the light of youth became obscured

[00:01:00] And left you on your own and in the shade

[00:01:06] An English lady of a certain age

[00:01:11] And if a nice young man

[00:01:14] Would buy you a drink

[00:01:17] You'd say with a conspiratorial wink

[00:01:22] You wouldn't think that I was seventy

[00:01:27] And he'd say

[00:01:29] No you couldn't be

[00:01:36] You had to marry someone very very rich

[00:01:41] So that you

[00:01:42] Might be kept in the style to which

[00:01:46] You had all of your life been accustomed to

[00:01:52] But that the socialists

[00:01:54] Had taxed away from you

[00:01:58] You gave him children

[00:02:00] A girl and a boy

[00:02:03] To keep your sanity a nanny was employed

[00:02:08] And when the time came

[00:02:11] They were sent away

[00:02:14] Well that was simply

[00:02:16] What you did in those days

[00:02:19] You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur

[00:02:25] Until the light of youth became obscured

[00:02:30] And left you on your own and in the shade

[00:02:36] An English lady of a certain age

[00:02:41] And if a nice young man

[00:02:44] Would buy you a drink

[00:02:47] You'd say with a conspiratorial wink

[00:02:52] "You wouldn't think that I was sixty three"

[00:02:57] And he'd say

[00:02:58] "No you couldn't be"

[00:03:06] Your son's in stocks

[00:03:08] And bonds and lives back in Surrey

[00:03:12] Flies down once in a while

[00:03:14] And leaves in a hurry

[00:03:17] Your daughter never finished

[00:03:20] Her finishing school

[00:03:23] Married a strange young man of

[00:03:26] Whom you don't approve

[00:03:28] Your husband's hollow heart

[00:03:30] Gave out one Christmas Day

[00:03:34] He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles

[00:03:39] And so you come here

[00:03:41] To escape your little flat

[00:03:44] Hoping someone will fill your glass

[00:03:47] And let you chat about how

[00:03:50] You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur

[00:03:55] Until the light of youth became obscured

[00:04:01] And left you all alone and in the shade

[00:04:06] An English lady of a certain age

[00:04:12] And if a nice young man

[00:04:14] Would buy you a drink

[00:04:17] You'd say with a conspiratorial wink

[00:04:23] "You wouldn't think that I was fifty three"

[00:04:28] And he'd say

[00:04:29] "No you couldn't be"