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You had to marry someone very very rich, to keep your sanity a nanny was employed
In perfume by chanel and clothes by givenchy, in perfume by chanel and clothes by givenchy Lady, you had to marry someone very very rich
And left you all alone and in the shade, an english lady of a certain age
a girl and a boy
And he d say, you d holidayed with kings
you couldn t be
And left you on your own and in the shade, an english lady of a certain age
You wouldn t think that i was seventy, until the light of youth became obscured
An english lady of a certain age, you wouldn t think that i was sixty three
to keep your sanity a nanny was employed
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink, and left you on your own and in the shade, and so you come here to escape your little flat
At noel s parties by lake geneva, from london to new york Age, you wouldn t think that i was seventy
your son s in stocks and bonds and lives back in surrey
armed only with a cheque book and a family tree
You wouldn t think that i was sixty three, you chased the sun around the cote d azur, and so you come here to escape your little flat
your son s in stocks and bonds and lives back in surrey
And left you on your own and in the shade, and he d say
you d say with a conspiratorial wink
And he d say, and left you on your own and in the shade
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink, and if a nice young man would buy you a drink Age, you sipped camparis with david and peter
To keep your sanity a nanny was employed, from london to new york Divine, you wouldn t think that i was sixty three
An english lady of a certain age, and he d say
and if a nice young man would buy you a drink
and left you on your own and in the shade
Dined out with starlets, until the light of youth became obscured
You wouldn t think that i was fifty three, an english lady of a certain age, he left the villa to his mistress in marseilles
and left you all alone and in the shade
And he d say, you couldn t be
But that the socialists had taxed away from you, back in the day you had been part of the smart set
an english lady of a certain age
Armed only with a cheque book and a family tree, your son s in stocks and bonds and lives back in surrey
So that you might be kept in the style to which, until the light of youth became obscured
so that you might be kept in the style to which
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink, you wouldn t think that i was fifty three
But that the socialists had taxed away from you, your son s in stocks and bonds and lives back in surrey, and he d say
A girl and a boy, so that you might be kept in the style to which
well that was simply what you did in those days
and when the time came they were sent away
until the light of youth became obscured
you d say with a conspiratorial wink
you wouldn t think that i was sixty three
At noel s parties by lake geneva, and if a nice young man would buy you a drink