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Fancy (Revived)
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Fancy (Revived) was released on October 8, 2021 by Rockin' R Records, LLC as a part of the album Revived Remixed Revisited
October 8, 2021
LabelRockin' R Records, LLC
LanguageEnglish
BPM96
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 didn't 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
[Verse 2]
Well, Mama washed and combed and curled my hair
And then she painted my eyes and lips
And then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress
That had a split from the side clean up to my hip
Well, it was red, had velvet trimmin' and it fit me good
And standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman where a half gown kid had stood
[Verse 3]
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down"
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down"
[Verse 4]
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck
Then she kissed my cheek
And then I saw the tears wellin' 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
She said, "Your pa's runned off and I'm real sick
And the baby's gonna starve to death"
[Verse 5]
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 heeled shoe
It sounded like somebody else that was talkin'
Askin', "Mama, what do I do?"
She said, "Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy
They'll be nice to you"
[Verse 6]
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down"
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
Now don't let me down now
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
[Verse 7]
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 ain't been back
But the wheels of fate had started to turn
And for me there was no way out
It wasn't very long till I knew exactly
What my mama'd been talkin' about
[Verse 8]
I knew what I had to do and I made myself this solemn vow
That I's gonna be a lady someday
Though I didn't know when or how
But I couldn't 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
[Verse 9]
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down"
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down"
[Verse 10]
It wasn't long after a benevolent man
Took me in off the streets
And one week later, I was pourin' his tea
In a five-room hotel suite (Yes, she was)
I charmed a king, a congressman
And an occasional aristocrat
And then I got me a Georgia mansion
And an elegant New York townhouse flat
I ain't done bad (She ain't done bad)
[Verse 11]
Now in this world, there's a lot of self-righteous
Hypocrites that call me bad
And criticize Mama for turning me out
No matter how little we had
Oh, and though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothing
For now on fifteen years
I can still hear the desperation
In my poor mama's voice ringin' in my ears
[Verse 12]
"Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down"
She said "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
Now don't let me down now
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
[Verse 13]
And I guess she did
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Written by: Bobbie Gentry
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