《Fancy》歌词

歌曲： Fancy

所属专辑：Country Sounds

歌手： Midday Sun

时长： 04:33

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Fancy - Midday Sun[00:00:00]

I remember it all very well lookin' back[00:00:10]

It was the summer i turned eighteen[00:00:12]

We lived in a one room rundown shack[00:00:15]

On the outskirts of new orleans[00:00:17]

We didn't have money for food or rent[00:00:20]

To say the least we were hard pressed[00:00:22]

Then mama spent every last penny we had[00:00:25]

To buy me a dancin' dress[00:00:27]

Mama washed and combed and curled my hair[00:00:30]

And she painted my eyes and lips[00:00:32]

Then i stepped into a satin[00:00:35]

Dancin' dress that had a split on[00:00:36]

The side clean up to my hip[00:00:39]

It was red velvet trim and it fit me good[00:00:41]

Standin' back from the lookin' glass[00:00:45]

There stood a woman[00:00:47]

Where a half gown kid had stood[00:00:48]

She said here's your one chance[00:00:50]

Fancy don't let me down[00:00:52]

She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:00:55]

Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck[00:01:03]

And she kissed my cheek[00:01:06]

Then i saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyes[00:01:07]

When she started to speak[00:01:11]

She looked at a pitiful shack[00:01:13]

And then she looked at me and took a ragged breath[00:01:14]

She said your pa's run off and i'm real sick[00:01:17]

And the baby's gonna starve to death[00:01:20]

She handed me a heart shaped locket that said[00:01:22]

"to thine own self be true"[00:01:25]

And i shivered as i watched a roach crawl across[00:01:27]

The tow of my high heel shoe[00:01:30]

It sounded like somebody else that was talkin'[00:01:33]

Askin' mama what do i do[00:01:35]

She said just be nice to the gentlemen fancy[00:01:37]

And they'll be nice to you[00:01:40]

She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:01:42]

Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:01:47]

Lord forgive me for what i do but if you want out[00:01:52]

Well it's up to you[00:01:56]

Now don't let me down[00:01:57]

You better start movin' uptown[00:01:59]

Well that was the last time i saw my ma[00:02:05]

The night i left that rickety shack[00:02:07]

The welfare people came and took the baby[00:02:10]

Mama died and i ain't been back[00:02:12]

But the wheels of fate had started to turn[00:02:15]

And for me there was no way out[00:02:17]

And it wasn't very long 'til i knew exactly[00:02:20]

What my mama's been talkin' about[00:02:22]

I knew what i had to do[00:02:25]

But i made myself this solemn vow[00:02:26]

That i's gonna be a lady someday[00:02:30]

Though i don't know when or how[00:02:32]

I couldn't see spending the rest of my life[00:02:35]

With my head hung down in shame you know[00:02:37]

I might have been born just plain white trash[00:02:40]

But fancy was my name[00:02:42]

She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:02:44]

She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:02:49]

It wasn't very long after a benevolent man[00:02:57]

Took me off the street[00:02:59]

And one week later i was pourin' his tea[00:03:02]

In a five room hotel suite[00:03:04]

I charmed a king a congressman[00:03:07]

And an occasional aristocrat[00:03:09]

Then i got me a georgia mansion[00:03:12]

In an elegant new york townhouse flat[00:03:14]

And i ain't done bad[00:03:16]

Now in this world[00:03:27]

There's a lot of self-righteous hippocrits[00:03:28]

That would call me bad[00:03:29]

And criticize mama for turning me out[00:03:31]

No matter how little we had[00:03:34]

But though i ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'[00:03:36]

For nigh on fifteen years[00:03:39]

I can still hear the desperation in my poor[00:03:42]

Mama's voice ringin' in my ear[00:03:44]

She said here's your one chance[00:03:46]

Fancy don't let me down[00:03:48]

She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:03:51]

Lord forgive me for what i do[00:03:56]

But if you want out well it's up to you[00:03:59]

Now don't let me down[00:04:01]

Your mama's gonna help you uptown[00:04:03]

I guess she did[00:04:08]