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<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">In 2004, Donovan revealed that the song was inspired by the actress&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Lenya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lotte Lenya</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;and that the song's lyrics, addressed to a societally marginalized woman, were Donovan's reaction to Lenya's character in the film version of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera_(1931_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><em>The Threepenny Opera</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">:</span></p>