Back in the day you had been
part of the smart set
Youd 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 Noels 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 dAzur
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
Youd say with a conspiratorial wink
You wouldnt think that I was seventy
And hed say no you couldnt 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 dAzur
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
Youd say with a conspiratorial wink
You wouldnt think that I was sixty three
And hed say no you couldnt be!
Your sons 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 dont approve
Your husbands 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 dAzur
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
Youd say with a conspiratorial wink
You wouldnt think that I was fifty three
And hed say no you couldnt be!
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