[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:10.22]I remember it all very well [00:12.12]looking back [00:12.57]It was the summer [00:13.82]I turned eighteen [00:15.35]We lived in a one room [00:16.75]rundown shack [00:17.65]On the outskirts of New Orleans [00:20.67]We didn't have money for food or rent [00:22.72]To say the least we were hard pressed [00:25.73]Then Mama spent every last penny we had [00:27.74]To buy me a dancing dress [00:30.36]Well Mama washed and combed [00:31.71]and curled my hair [00:32.96]And she painted my eyes [00:34.17]and lips lips then [00:35.57]I stepped into a satin [00:36.97]Dancing dress that had a split [00:38.67]on the side clean up to my hip [00:41.51]It was red velvet trim [00:43.51]and it fit me good [00:45.14]And standing back [00:46.09]from the looking glass [00:47.39]There stood a woman [00:48.24]where a half grown kid had stood [00:50.58]She said Here's your one chance Fancy [00:52.50]don't let me down [00:55.65]she said here's your one chance Fancy [00:57.60]don't let me down [01:03.45]Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume [01:05.45]on my neck [01:06.40]And she kissed my cheek [01:08.40]Then I saw the tears welling up [01:10.20]in her troubled eyes [01:11.48]When she started to speak [01:13.32]She looked at a pitiful shack [01:15.27]And then she looked at me [01:16.42]and took a ragged breath [01:18.21]She said your pa's run off [01:19.71]and I'm real sick [01:20.86]And the baby's gonna starve to death [01:23.72]She handed me a heart shaped [01:24.92]locket that said [01:25.73]To thine own self be true [01:28.29]And I shivered [01:29.09]as I watched a roach crawl across [01:30.94]The toe of my high heel shoe [01:33.58]It sounded like somebody else [01:35.33]that was talking [01:36.17]Asking Mama what do I do [01:38.30]She said Just be nice [01:39.85]to the gentlemen Fancy [01:41.20]And they'll be nice to you [01:43.28]She said Here's your chance Fancy [01:45.28]don't let me down [01:49.21]Here's your one chance Fancy [01:50.66]don't let me down [01:53.32]Lord forgive me for what I do [01:56.07]but if you want out [01:57.52]Well it's up to you [01:58.99]Now don't let me down hon [02:00.24]you're momma's gonna move you uptown [02:06.93]Well that was the last time [02:08.18]I saw my Ma [02:08.98]The night I left that rickety shack [02:11.88]The welfare people came [02:12.99]and took the baby [02:13.84]Mama died and I ain't been back [02:16.35]But the wheels of fate [02:18.05]had started to turn [02:19.10]And for me there was no way out [02:22.08]It wasn't very long [02:23.14]till I knew exactly [02:24.18]What my Mama'd been talking about [02:26.84]I knew what I had to do [02:28.49]but I made myself this solemn vow [02:31.99]That I'm gonna be a lady someday [02:34.17]Though I don't know when or how [02:36.56]But I couldn't see spending [02:38.01]the rest of my life [02:39.26]With my head hung down in shame [02:41.47]You know I mighta been born [02:42.95]just plaing white trash [02:44.19]But Fancy was my name [02:46.65]She said Here's your [02:47.80]one chance Fancy [02:48.65]don't let me down [02:51.79]She said Here's your one chance Fancy [02:53.89]don't let me down [03:00.02]It wasn't very long [03:00.77]after a benevolent man [03:01.92]Took me in off the streets [03:04.86]And one week later [03:05.71]I was pouring his tea [03:07.26]In a five room hotel suite [03:09.11]Yes she was [03:09.76]I charmed a king a congressman [03:12.16]And an occasional aristocrat [03:14.71]And then I got me a Georgia mansion [03:16.51]And an elegant New York townhouse flat [03:19.37]And I ain't done bad [03:20.57]And she ain't done bad [03:30.22]Now in this world [03:31.17]there's a lot of self-righteous hippocrits [03:33.33]That call me bad [03:35.24]And criticize Mama [03:36.09]for turning me out [03:37.54]No matter how little we had [03:39.72]But though I ain't had [03:41.27]to worry about nothing [03:42.53]For nigh on fifteen years [03:44.66]Well I can still hear [03:45.90]the desperation in my poor [03:47.57]Mama's voice ringing in my ears [03:50.21]Here's your one chance Fancy [03:52.11]don't let me down [03:55.12]Oh [03:55.67]Here's your one chance Fancy [03:56.82]don't let me down [03:59.72]Lord forgive me for what I do [04:02.58]But if you want out [04:04.09]Well it's up to you [04:05.14]Now don't let me down hon [04:06.64]your mama's gonna move you uptown [04:12.37]Oh and I guess she did