《Fancy》歌词

歌曲： Fancy

所属专辑：Ode To Bobbie Gentry: The Capitol Years

歌手： Bobbie Gentry

时长： 04:15

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Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (芭比·珍翠)[00:00:00]

Written by：Bobbie Gent[00:00:00]

Well I remember it all very well lookin' back[00:00:05]

It was the summer that I turned eighteen[00:00:08]

We lived in a one room run down shack[00:00:10]

On the outskirts of New Orleans[00:00:12]

We didn't have money for food or rent[00:00:15]

To say the least we was hard pressed[00:00:17]

When Momma spent every last penny we had[00:00:20]

To buy me a dancin' dress[00:00:22]

Well Momma washed and combed and curled my hair[00:00:24]

Then she painted my eyes and lips[00:00:27]

Then I stepped into the satin dancin' dress[00:00:29]

It had a split in the side clean up to my hips[00:00:32]

It was red velvet trimmed and it fit me good[00:00:35]

And standin' back from the lookin' glass[00:00:39]

Was a woman[00:00:40]

Where a half grown kid had stood[00:00:41]

Here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:00:44]

Here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:00:48]

God forgive me for what I do[00:00:53]

But if you want out girl it's up to you[00:00:55]

Now get on out you better start sleepin' uptown[00:00:57]

Don't let me down[00:01:00]

Don't let me down[00:01:03]

Momma dabbed a little bit of perfume[00:01:04]

On my neck and she kissed my cheek[00:01:07]

Then I saw the tears welling up[00:01:09]

In her troubled eyes as she started to speak[00:01:11]

She looked at our pitiful shack and then[00:01:14]

She looked at me and took a ragged breath[00:01:16]

Your Pa's runned off and I'm real sick[00:01:18]

And the baby's gonna starve to death[00:01:21]

She handed me a heart shaped locket that said[00:01:23]

To thine own self be true[00:01:25]

And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across[00:01:28]

The toe of my high healed shoe[00:01:30]

It sounded like somebody else was talkin'[00:01:32]

Askin' omma what do I do[00:01:34]

And just be nice to the gentlemen Fancy[00:01:37]

They'll be nice to you[00:01:39]

Here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:01:42]

Here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:01:46]

God forgive me for what I do[00:01:51]

But if you want out girl it's up to you[00:01:53]

Now get on out you better start sleepin' uptown[00:01:55]

That was the last time I saw my momma[00:02:02]

When I left that rickety shack[00:02:04]

The welfare people came and took the baby[00:02:07]

Momma died and I ain't been back[00:02:09]

But the wheels of fate had started to turn[00:02:11]

And for me there was no other way out[00:02:13]

It wasn't very long after that I knew exactly[00:02:16]

What my momma was talkin' 'bout[00:02:18]

I knew what I had to do[00:02:20]

But I made myself this solemn vow[00:02:22]

I's gonna to be a lady someday[00:02:25]

Though I didn't know when or how[00:02:27]

I couldn't see spendin' the rest of my life[00:02:29]

With my head hung down in shame[00:02:32]

I mighta been born just plain white trash[00:02:34]

But Fancy was my name[00:02:36]

Here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:02:39]

Here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:02:44]

Wasn't long after that a benevolent man[00:02:50]

Took me in off the streets[00:02:52]

One week later I was pourin' his tea[00:02:55]

In a five roomed penthouse suite[00:02:57]

Since then I've charmed a king a congressman[00:02:58]

And an occasional aristocrat[00:03:01]

And I got me an elegant Georgia mansion[00:03:04]

And a New York townhouse flat[00:03:05]

Now I ain't done bad[00:03:07]

Now I ain't done bad[00:03:09]

Now in this world there's a lot of self righteous[00:03:18]

Hypocrites who call me bad[00:03:20]

They criticize Momma for turning me out[00:03:22]

No matter how little we had[00:03:24]

But I haven't had to worry 'bout nothin'[00:03:26]

Now for nigh on fifteen years[00:03:29]

But I can still hear the desperation[00:03:31]

In my poor mommas voice ringin' in my ears[00:03:32]

Here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:03:36]

Oh here's your last chance Fancy don't let me down[00:03:40]

God forgive me for what I do[00:03:44]

But if you want out girl it's up to you[00:03:47]

Now get on out you better start sleepin' uptown[00:03:49]