[ti:The Ballad of Lucy Jordan] [ar:Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show] [al:Ultimate... America] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad of Lucy Jordan - Dr. Hook/The Medicine Show [00:00.13]Written by:Sheldon Silverstein [00:00.26]The mornin' sun touched lightly [00:03.82]On the eyes of Lucy Jordan [00:09.41]In her white suburban bedroom [00:14.03]In a white suburban town [00:18.65]As she lay there 'neath the covers [00:23.16]Dreaming of a thousand lovers [00:27.70]'Til the world turned to orange [00:32.33]And the room went spinnin' round [00:37.00]At the age of 37 she realised [00:44.01]She'd never ride through Paris [00:48.37]In a sports car with the warm wind in her hair [00:57.51]And she let the phone keep ringin' [01:02.06]As she sat there softly singin' [01:06.74]Pretty nursery rhymes [01:09.34]She'd memorised in her daddy's easy chair [01:18.63]Her husband he was off to work [01:22.96]And the kids were off to school [01:27.97]And there were oh so many ways for her to spend her day [01:36.80]She could clean the house for hours [01:41.71]Or rearrange the flowers [01:46.06]Or run naked down the shady street screaming all the way [01:55.46]At the age of 37 [02:00.20]She realised she'd never ride through Paris [02:06.85]In a sports car with the warm wind in her hair [02:16.21]And she let that phone keep ringin' [02:20.76]As she sat there softly singin' [02:25.36]Pretty nursery rhymes [02:27.99]She'd memorised in her daddy's easy chair [02:37.33]The evening sun touched gently on the eyes of Lucy Jordan [02:46.50]On the rooftop where she'd climbed [02:50.47]When all the laughter grew too loud [02:58.19]And she bowed and curtseyed to the man [03:02.87]Who reached and offered her his hand [03:07.56]And led her down to the long white car [03:12.19]That waited past the crowd [03:16.47]At the age of 37 she knew she'd found forever [03:25.66]As they rode along through Paris [03:30.28]With the warm wind in her hair [03:35.97]Ooooohhh yes with the wind in her hair oooohhhh