Ballad of Lucy Jordan 

 

 

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1. The mornin' sun touched lightly on the eyes of Lucy Jordan 

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in her white suburban bedroom in her white suburban town. 

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As she lay there 'neath the covers dreaming of a thousand lovers 

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'til the world turned to orange and the room went spinning round. 

 

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Refr. At the age of thirty-seven she realized she'd never ride 

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through Paris in a sports car with the warm wind in her hair 

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and she let the phone keep ringing as she sat there softly singing 

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pretty nursery rhymes she'd memorized in her daddy's easy chair. 

 

2. Her husband, he was off to work and the kids were off to school 

and there were oh so many ways for her to spend the day. 

She could clean the house for hours or rearrange the flowers 

or run naked down the shady street screaming all the way. 

 

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3. The evening sun touched gently on the eyes of Lucy Jordan 

on the roof top where she climbed when all the laughter grew to loud 

and she bowed and curtseyed to the man who reached and offered her his hand 

and led her down to the long white car that waited past the crowd. 

 

End. At the age of thirty-seven she knew she'd found forever 

as they rode along through Paris with the warm wind in her hair. 

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Doo-oo with the wind in her hair.