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THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN  Marianne Faithfull



[E]The morning sun touched gently on[E7]
the e[A]yes of Lucy Jo[E]rdan in a white suburban bedroom
in a wh[B]ite suburban town [B7]
As she l[E]ay there 'neath the covers[E7]
dreaming [A]of a thousand lo[E]vers
till the wo[B]rld turned to orange[B7]
and the room went spinning ro[E]und[E7]
At the a[A]ge of thirty-seven
she rea[E]lized she'd never ride
through Paris in a sports car
with the worm wind in her h[B]air
So she l[E]et the phone keep ringing[E7]
as she s[A]at there softly sin[E]ging
the nur[B]sery rhymes she'd memorize
in her da[A]ddy's easy ch[E]air
Her husband is off to work[E7]
and the k[A]ids are off to sc[E]hool
and there were oh so many ways
for h[B]er to spend a day[B7]
She could cl[E]ean the house for hours[E7]
or [A]re-arrange the flo[E]wers
or m[B]ake it through the shady stream
screaming all the w[E]ay
At the a[A]ge of thirty-seven
she rea[E]lized she'd never ride
through Paris in a sports car
with the worm wind in her h[B]air
So she l[E]et the phone keep ringing[E7]
as she s[A]at there softly sin[E]ging
the nur[B]sery rhymes she'd memorize
in her da[A]ddy's easy ch[E]air.
The evening sun touched gently on[E7]
the e[A]yes of Lucy Jo[E]rdan
on the roof top where she climbed
when all the laughter grew too l[B]oud [B7]
And she bo[E]wed and cursed to the man [E7]
who rea[A]ched out ... off to h[E]er his hands
and l[B]ed her down to a long white car (?)
that waited, past the cr[E]owd.[E7]
At the a[A]ge of thirty-seven
she k[E]new that she'd found heaven
as she rode along through Paris
with the worm wind in her h[B]air.
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mochaspal (report)

Lyric corrections:

refrain:

"worm wind" should be "warm wind"
last lines: "little nursery rhymes/She'd memorised/In her daddy's easy chair"

2nd verse:

Last lines:

"Or run naked through the shady stream/Screaming all the way"

3rd verse:

"And she bowed and curtsied to the man
Who reached up and offered her his hand
And led her down to the long white car
That waited past the crowd."

MF's diction in that last verse is pretty hard to figure out, but that's what she sings. The implication is that the "car" is taking her to the mental hospital, which she mistakes for her lover's sports car taking her to Paris.

The song was written by Shel Silverstein, by the way--the same guy that gave us "The Unicorn" and "The Giving Tree." Who knew?