I would love to hear y'all singing this songs so hopefully you will post up your videos for me to see! =)
I remember it all very well lookin back
It was the summer I turned eighteen
We lived in a ...
I would love to hear y'all singing this songs so hopefully you will post up your videos for me to see! =)
I remember it all very well lookin back It was the summer I turned eighteen We lived in a one room, rundown shack On the outskirts of new orleans We didnt have money for food or rent To say the least we were hard pressed Then mama spent every last penny we had To buy me a dancin dress
Mama washed and combed and curled my hair And she painted my eyes and lips then I stepped into a satin Dancin dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip It was red velvet trim and it fit me good Standin back from the lookin glass There stood a woman where a half gown kid had stood
She said heres your one chance fancy dont let me down Heres your one chance fancy dont let me down
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck And she kissed my cheek Then I saw the tears wellin up in her troubled eyes When she started to speak She looked at a pitiful shack And then she looked at me and took a ragged breath She said your pas run off and Im real sick And the babys gonna starve to death
She handed me a heart shaped locket that said To thine own self be true And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across The toe of my high heel shoe It sounded like somebody else that was talkin Askin mama what do I do She said just be nice to the gentlemen fancy And theyll be nice to you
She said heres your chance fancy dont let me down Heres your one chance fancy dont let me down Lord forgive me for what I do, but if you want out Well its up to you Now dont let me down you better start movin uptown
Well, that was the last time I saw my ma The night I left that rickety shack The welfare people came and took the baby Mama died and I aint been back
But the wheels of fate had started to turn And for me there was no way out And it wasnt very long til I knew exactly What my mamas been talkin about
I knew what I had to do but I made myself this solemn vow That is gonna be a lady someday Though I dont know when or how I couldnt see spending the rest of my life With my head hung down in shame you know I might have been born just plain white trash But fancy was my name
Heres your one chance fancy dont let me down Heres your one chance fancy dont let me down
It wasnt very long after a benevolent man Took me off the street And one week later I was pourin his tea In a five room hotel suite
I charmed a king, a congressman And an occasional aristocrat Then I got me a georgia mansion In an elegant new york townhouse flat And I aint done bad
Now in this world theres a lot of self-righteous hippocrits That would call me bad And criticize mama for turning me out No matter how little we had
But though I aint had to worry bout nothin For nigh on fifteen years I can still hear the desperation in my poor Mamas voice ringin in my ear
She said, heres your one chance fancy dont let me down Heres your one chance fancy dont let me down Lord, forgive me for what I do But if you want out well its up to you Now dont let me down Your mamas gonna help you uptown
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btw can someone post the karaoke version with the words popping out? xD it's kinda hard to get the timing :/