Fancy - Fancy Lyrics
Artist: Reba McentireAlbum: Rumor Has ItTitle: Fancy(bobbie gentry)I remember it all very well lookin' backIt was the summer i turned eighteenWe lived in a one room, rundown shackOn the outskirts of new orleansWe didn't have money for food or rentTo say the least we were hard pressedThen mama spent every last penny we hadTo buy me a dancin' dressMama washed and combed and curled my hairAnd she painted my eyes and lips then i stepped into a satinDancin' dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hipIt was red velvet trim and it fit me goodStandin' back from the lookin' glassThere stood a woman where a half gown kid had stoodShe said here's your one chance fancy don't let me downHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downMama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neckAnd she kissed my cheekThen i saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyesWhen she started to speakShe looked at a pitiful shackAnd then she looked at me and took a ragged breathShe said your pa's run off and i'm real sickAnd the baby's gonna starve to deathShe handed me a heart shaped locket that said"to thine own self be true"And i shivered as i watched a roach crawl acrossThe tow of my high heel shoeIt sounded like somebody else that was talkin'Askin' mama what do i doShe said just be nice to the gentlemen fancyAnd they'll be nice to youShe said here's your chance fancy don't let me downHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downLord forgive me for what i do, but if you want outWell it's up to youNow don't let me down you better start movin' uptownWell, that was the last time i saw my maThe night i left that rickety shackThe welfare people came and took the babyMama died and i ain't been backBut the wheels of fate had started to turnAnd for me there was no way outAnd it wasn't very long 'til i knew exactlyWhat my mama's been talkin' aboutI knew what i had to do but i made myself this solemn vowThat i's gonna be a lady somedayThough i don't know when or howI couldn't see spending the rest of my lifeWith my head hung down in shame you knowI might have been born just plain white trashBut fancy was my nameHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downIt wasn't very long after a benevolent manTook me off the streetAnd one week later i was pourin' his teaIn a five room hotel suiteI charmed a king, a congressmanAnd an occasional aristocratThen i got me a georgia mansionIn an elegant new york townhouse flatAnd i ain't done badNow in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hippocritsThat would call me badAnd criticize mama for turning me outNo matter how little we hadBut though i ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'For nigh on fifteen yearsI can still hear the desperation in my poorMama's voice ringin' in my earShe said, here's your one chance fancy don't let me downHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downLord, forgive me for what i doBut if you want out well it's up to youNow don't let me downYour mama's gonna help you uptownI guess she did
