The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
Marianne Faithful
(Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
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The Emorning sun touched lightly on E7
The Aeyes of Lucy EJordan
In a white suburban bedroom In a Bwhite suburban town B7
As she Elay there 'neath the covers
Dreaming Aof a thousand loEvers
Till the Bworld turned to orange
And the room went spinning Eround E7.
At the Aage of thrity-seven
She Erealized shed'd never ride
Through Paris in a sports car
With the warm wind in her Bhair.
So she Elet the phone keep ringE7ing
As she Asat there softly Esinging
Little Bnursery rhymes she'd memorize
In her Adaddy's easy Echair.
Her Ehusband he's off to work
And the Akids are off to Eschool
And there wer oh so many ways
For Bher to spend a dayB7
She could Eclean the house for hours
Or Are-arrange the Eflowers
Or run Bnaked through the shady street
Screaming all the Eway.
At the Aage of thrity-seven
She Erealized shed'd never ride
Through Paris in a sports car
With the warm wind in her Bhair.
So she Elet the phone keep ringE7ing
As she Asat there softly Esinging
Little Bnursery rhymes she'd memorize
In her Adaddy's easy Echair.
The Eevening sun touched gently on E7
the Aeyes of Lucy Jordan
On the rooftop where she climbed
When all the laughter grew too Bloud.
And she Ebowed and ctusied to E7the man
Who Areached and offered Eher his hand
And Bled her down to the long white car
That waitet, past the Ecrowd E7.
At the Aage of thrity-seven
She Eknew she'd found forever
As she rode along thorugh Paris
With the warm wind in her Bhair.