[00:05.22] The Ballad of Lucy Jordan [00:06.91] Marianne Faithfull [00:16.69] The morning sun touched lightly on [00:18.61] The eyes of Lucy Jordan [00:22.93] In a white suburban bedroom [00:26.67] In a white suburban town [00:30.85] And she lay there neath the covers [00:34.52] Dreaming of a thousand lovers [00:39.02] Til the world turned to orange [00:42.88] And the room went spinning round [00:49.29] At the age of 37 [00:52.50] She realized she'd never ride [00:56.93] Through Paris in a sports car [01:00.26] With the warm wind in her hair [01:07.16] So she let the phone keep ringing [01:10.99] As she sat there softly singing [01:14.82] Pretty nursery rhymes she'd memorized [01:19.18] In her Daddy's easy chair [01:25.58] Her husband he's off to work [01:28.66] And the kids are off to school [01:32.73] And there were oh so many ways [01:36.83] For her to spend her days [01:40.34] She could clean the house for hours [01:44.57] Or rearrange the flowers [01:48.45] Or run naked through the shady street [01:52.79] Screaming all the way [01:56.88] At the age of 37 [02:00.43] She realized she'd never ride [02:04.56] Through Paris in a sports car [02:08.20] With the warm wind in her hair [02:14.47] So she let the phone keep ringing [02:18.08] As she sat there softly singing [02:22.21] Pretty nursery rhymes she'd memorized [02:26.37] In her Daddy's easy chair [02:37.10] The evening sun touched gently on [02:40.55] The eyes of Lucy Jordan [02:44.34] On the rooftop where she climbed [02:47.75] When all the laughter grew too loud [02:58.37] And she bowed and curtsied to the man [03:02.57] Who reached and offered her his hand [03:06.24] And he led her down to the long white car [03:10.37] That waited past the crowd [03:16.07] At the age of 37 [03:20.18] She knew she'd found forever [03:23.73] As she rode along through Paris [03:27.83] With the warm wind in her hair [04:04.88]