Lyrics A Lady of a Certain Age (Edit).lrc The Divine Comedy
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[00:05.48]Back in the day you had been part of the smart set
[00:10.84]You’d holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets
[00:16.28]From London to New York, Cap Ferrat to Capri
[00:21.62]In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy
[00:27.15]You sipped camparis with David and Peter
[00:32.56]At Noel’s parties by Lake Geneva
[00:37.91]Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
[00:43.35]Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree
[00:48.75]You chased the sun around the Cote d’Azur
[00:54.23]Until the light of youth became obscured
[00:59.68]And left you on your own and in the shade
[01:05.04]An English lady of a certain age
[01:10.50]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
[01:15.82]You’d say with a conspiratorial wink
[01:21.24]”You wouldn’t think that I was seventy”
[01:26.78]And he’d say, “no, you couldn’t be!”
[01:34.85]You had to marry someone very very rich
[01:40.23]So that you might be kept in the style to which
[01:45.63]You had all of your life been accustomed to
[01:52.08]But that the socialists had taxed away from you
[01:56.55]You gave him children, a girl and a boy
[02:01.95]To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
[02:08.27]And when the time came they were sent away
[02:12.72]Well that was simply what you did in those days
[02:18.12]You chased the sun around the Cote d’Azur
[02:24.51]Until the light of youth became obscured
[02:29.95]And left you on your own and in the shade
[02:35.36]An English lady of a certain age
[02:40.72]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
[02:46.22]You’d say with a conspiratorial wink
[02:51.63]”You wouldn’t think that I was sixty three”
[02:57.01]And he’d say, “no, you couldn’t be!”
[03:06.07]Your son’s in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
[03:11.52]Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry
[03:16.03]Your daughter never finished her finishing school
[03:22.33]Married a strange young man of whom you don’t approve
[03:26.88]Your husband’s hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day
[03:33.15]He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
[03:38.69]And so you come here to escape your little flat
[03:44.04]Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how
[03:49.49]You chased the sun around the Cote d’Azur
[03:54.87]Until the light of youth became obscured
[04:00.38]And left you all alone and in the shade
[04:05.78]An English lady of a certain age
[04:11.10]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
[04:16.53]You’d say with a conspiratorial wink
[04:22.87]”You wouldn’t think that I was fifty three”
[04:28.36]And he’d say, “no, you couldn’t be!”
[04:39.16]Year of Release: 2006