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dora williams - richard buckner lyrics

when reuben pantier ran away and threw me
i went to springfield. there i met a lush,
whose father just deceased left him a fortune.
he married me when drunk.
my life was wretched.
a year p-ssed and one day they found him dead.
that made me rich. i moved on to chicago.
after a time met tyler rountree, villain.
i moved on to new york. a gray-haired magnate
went mad about me–so another fortune.
he died one night right in my arms, you know.
(i saw his purple face for years thereafter. )
there was almost a scandal.
i moved on, this time to paris. i was now a woman,
insidious, subtle, versed in the world and rich.
my sweet apartment near the champs elysees
became a center for all sorts of people,
musicians, poets, dandies, artists, n-bles,
where we spoke french and german, italian, english.
i wed count navigato, native of genoa.
we went to rome. he poisoned me, i think.
now in the campo santo overlooking
the sea where young columbus dreamed new worlds,
see what they chiseled: “contessa navigato
implora eterna quiete.”

- richard buckner lyrics

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