Lyric discussion by megggan 

Cover art for Grey Gardens lyrics by Rufus Wainwright

I read that Wainwright is a fan of the documentary 'Grey Gardens' and that it has a large cult fanbase with gay males- evidently, the young Edie Beale is sort of symbolic of the way they've been treated in the past- she's a flamboyant oddball.

Has anyone seen the film? I can't find it at the library or my local video stores.

evidently the lines:

"Trying to get my mansions green After I've Grey Gardens seen"

refer to Edie Beale (the older of the two) driving away her daughter's boyfriends and the younger girl's insistance that she would've had a lovely spouse or such if not for her mother. Tadzio refers to lost love in general, like dukegatsby and morpheus said, from Death in Venice.