paroles de chanson Fancy - Bobbie Gentry
I
remember
it
all
very
well
lookin'
back
It
was
the
summer
I
turned
eighteen
We
lived
in
a
one-room,
run
down
shack
On
the
outskirts
of
New
Orleans
We
didn't
have
money
for
food
or
rent
To
say
the
least
we
were
hard-pressed
Then
Momma
spent
every
last
penny
we
had
To
buy
me
a
dancin'
dress
Momma
washed
and
combed
and
curled
my
hair
And
she
painted
my
eyes
and
lips
Then
I
stepped
into
the
satin
dancin'
dress
It
was
split
in
the
side
clean
up
to
my
hips
It
was
red,
velvet-trimmed
And
it
fit
me
good
And
starin'
back
from
the
lookin'
glass
Was
a
woman
where
a
half-grown
kid
had
stood
"Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down
Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down
Lord,
forgive
me
for
what
I
do
(Please)
But
if
you
want
out,
well
it's
up
to
you
Now,
don't
let
me
down
Your
Momma's
gonna
help
you
move
uptown"
(Don't
let
me
down,
don't
let
me
down)
Momma
dabbed
a
little
bit
of
perfume
on
my
neck
And
she
kissed
my
cheek
Then,
I
saw
the
tears
well
up
in
her
troubled
eyes
When
she
started
to
speak
She
looked
at
our
pitiful
shack
and
then
She
looked
at
me
and
took
a
ragged
breath
"Your
Pa's
runned
off,
and
I'm
real
sick
And
the
baby's
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
talking
Askin'
"Momma
what
do
I
do?"
"Just
be
nice
to
the
gentlemen,
Fancy
And
they'll
be
nice
to
you"
"Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down
Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down
Lord,
forgive
me
for
what
I
do
(please)
But
if
you
want
out,
well
it's
up
to
you
Now
get
on
out,
girl,
you
better
start
movin'
uptown"
Well,
that
was
the
last
time
I
saw
my
Ma
The
night
I
left
that
rickety
shack
'Cause
welfare
people
came
and
took
the
baby
Mom
died
and
I
ain't
been
back
But
the
wheels
of
fate
had
started
to
turn
And
for
me
there
was
no
way
out
And
it
wasn't
very
long
'til
I
knew
exactly
What
my
Momma
been
talkin'
about
I
did
what
I
had
to
do
But
I
made
myself
this
solemn
vow
That
I
was
gonna
to
be
a
lady
someday
Though
I
didn't
know
when
or
how
I
couldn't
see
spendin'
the
rest
of
my
life
With
my
head
hung
down
in
shame
I
mighta
been
born
just
plain
white
trash
But
Fancy
was
my
name
"Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down
Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down"
Wasn't
long
after
a
benevolent
man
Took
me
in
off
the
street
And
one
week
later
I
was
pourin'
his
tea
In
a
five-room
hotel
suite
(yes,
she
was)
Well,
I've
charmed
a
king,
a
congressman
And
an
occasional
aristocrat
And
I
got
me
a
Georgia
mansion
And
an
elegant
New
York
townhouse
flat
And
I
ain't
done
bad
(she
ain't
done
bad)
Now,
in
this
world
there's
a
lot
of
self-righteous
hypocrites
That
would
call
me
bad
And
criticize
my
Momma
for
turnin'
me
out
No
matter
how
little
we
had
And
though
I
ain't
had
to
worry
about
nothin'
But
now
on
fifteen
years
I
can
still
hear
the
desperation
In
my
poor
Momma's
voice
ringin'
in
my
ear
"Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down
Here's
your
one
chance,
Fancy,
don't
let
me
down
Lord,
forgive
me
for
what
I
do
(please)
But
if
you
want
out,
well
it's
up
to
you
Now,
don't
let
me
down
Your
Momma's
gonna
help
you
move
uptown"
And
I
guess
she
did
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