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It seems so long ago
Nancy was alone
Looking at the Late Late show
Through a semi-precious stone
In the House of Honesty
Her father was on trial
In the House of Mystery
There was no one at all
There was no one at all
It seems so long ago
None of us were strong
Nancy wore green stockings
And she slept with everyone
She never said she'd wait for us
Although she was alone
I think she fell in love for us
In nineteen sixty one
In nineteen sixty one
It seems so long ago
Nancy was alone
A forty five beside her head
An open telephone
We told her she was beautiful
We told her she was free
But none of us would meet her in
The House of Mystery
The House of Mystery
And now you look around you
See her everywhere
Many use her body
Many comb her hair
In the hollow of the night
When you are cold and numb
You hear her talking freely then
She's happy that you've come
She's happy that you've come
Nancy was alone
Looking at the Late Late show
Through a semi-precious stone
In the House of Honesty
Her father was on trial
In the House of Mystery
There was no one at all
There was no one at all
It seems so long ago
None of us were strong
Nancy wore green stockings
And she slept with everyone
She never said she'd wait for us
Although she was alone
I think she fell in love for us
In nineteen sixty one
In nineteen sixty one
It seems so long ago
Nancy was alone
A forty five beside her head
An open telephone
We told her she was beautiful
We told her she was free
But none of us would meet her in
The House of Mystery
The House of Mystery
And now you look around you
See her everywhere
Many use her body
Many comb her hair
In the hollow of the night
When you are cold and numb
You hear her talking freely then
She's happy that you've come
She's happy that you've come
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The final line is a double entendre, or a phrase that has two meanings, one of a sexual nature. These final words are spoken by Nancy herself.
"You hear her talking freely then: She's happy that you've come, she's happy that you've come..."
I think this simple little line makes this a great song. He (or whoever "you" refers to) lies there, thinking of the sex they had, and her saying: "I'm happy that you've come," when presumably she didn't. But as they are lying there, they are also inevitably thinking of her, and what happened - they are visiting her in their mind, and as the lonely spirit that she was, she says from the past "I'm happy you are thinking of me."
This is a tragicomic twist, a sad, muted, sexual pun. Her repeated last words echo through you like a chant. I still hear Nancy saying those words, it haunts me as it does the men in the song.