Fancy (Made Famous by Reba McEntire)-Ladies Of Country

[ti:Fancy (Made Famous by Reba McEntire)] [ar:Ladies Of Country] [al:A Salute To Reba McEntire] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fancy (Made Famous by Reba McEntire) - Ladies Of Country [00:12.66]I remember it all very well looking back [00:15.21]It was the summer I turned eighteen [00:16.90] [00:17.69]Lived in a one room rundown shack [00:20.17]On the outskirts of New Orleans [00:21.80] [00:22.77]We didn't have money for food or rent [00:25.18]To say the least we were hard pressed [00:26.88] [00:27.76]Mama spent every last penny we had [00:30.18]To buy me a dancing dress [00:31.80] [00:32.61]Mama washed and combed and curled my hair [00:35.13]And she painted my eyes and lips [00:37.00] [00:37.71]Then I stepped into a sating dancing dress [00:40.24]That had a split on the side [00:41.30]Clean up to my hip [00:42.48] [00:43.62]It was red velvet trim and it fit me good [00:47.71]Standing back from the looking glass [00:49.08]There stood a woman [00:50.31]Where a half grown kid had stood [00:52.55]She said here's your one chance [00:54.05]Fancy don't let me down [00:56.63] [00:57.52]She said here's your one chance [00:59.06]Fancy don't let me down [01:01.15] [01:05.25]Mama dabbled a little bit of perfume [01:06.70] [01:07.25]On my neck and then she kissed my cheek [01:09.61] [01:10.13]And then I saw the tears welling up [01:11.92]In her troubled eyes as she started to speak [01:14.57] [01:15.44]She looked at a pitiful shack [01:16.70]And then she looked at me and took a ragged breath [01:19.99]She said your Pa's runned off and I'm real sick [01:22.57]And the baby's gonna starve to death [01:25.19]She handed me a heart shaped locket that said [01:27.60]To thine own self be true [01:30.23]And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across [01:32.79]The toe of my high heeled shoe [01:34.61] [01:35.34]It sounded like somebody else that was talking [01:37.65]Askin Mama what do I do [01:39.67] [01:40.25]She said just be nice to the gentlemen Fancy [01:42.71]And they'll be nice to you [01:44.53] [01:45.18]She said here's your one chance [01:46.68]Fancy don't let me down [01:49.23] [01:50.29]Here's your one chance [01:51.51]Fancy don't let me down [01:53.72] [01:54.75]Lord forgive me for what I do [01:57.74]But if you want out well it's up to you [02:00.29]Now don't let me down [02:01.44]Now your Mama's gonna move you uptown [02:03.81] [02:08.24]That was the last time I saw my Mama [02:10.51]The night I left that rickety shack [02:12.33] [02:12.94]The welfare people came and took the baby [02:15.38]Mama died and I ain't been back [02:17.24] [02:18.01]But the wheels of fate had started to turn [02:20.51]And for me there was no way out [02:22.35] [02:23.02]Wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly [02:25.30]What my Mama'd been talking about [02:27.22] [02:28.19]I knew what I had to do [02:29.77]And I made myself this solemn vow [02:32.39] [02:33.08]That I's gonna be a lady someday [02:35.27]Though I didn't know when or how [02:37.25] [02:37.97]But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [02:40.46]With my head hung down in shame [02:42.91]You know I might have been born [02:44.39]Just plain white trash [02:45.49]But Fancy was my name [02:47.98]She said here's your one chance [02:49.56]Fancy don't let me down [02:52.02] [02:52.89]She said here's your one chance [02:54.31]Fancy don't let me down [02:56.97] [03:00.97]Wasn't long after [03:01.59]That benevolent man took me off the street [03:04.87] [03:05.61]One week later I was pouring [03:07.42]His tea in a five room hotel suite [03:09.96] [03:10.75]I charmed a king a congressman [03:13.02]And an occasional aristocrat [03:14.99] [03:15.56]And then I got me a Georgia mansion [03:17.60]And an elegant New York townhouse flat [03:19.76]And I ain't done bad [03:21.70] [03:30.82]Now in this world [03:31.79]There's a lot of self righteous hypocrites [03:33.63]That would call me bad [03:35.65]They criticize Mama for turning me out [03:37.94]No matter how little we had [03:40.01] [03:40.58]But though I ain't had to worry [03:42.49]About nothing for nigh on fifteen years [03:45.56]Well I can still hear the desperation [03:47.50]In my poor Mama's voice ringing in my ears [03:50.02] [03:50.59]Here's your one chance [03:52.06]Fancy don't let me down [03:54.53] [03:55.69]Here's your one chance [03:57.08]Fancy don't let me down [03:59.14] [04:00.10]Lord forgive me for what I do [04:03.04]But if you want out well it's up to you [04:05.62]Now don't let me down [04:06.79]Now your Mama's gonna move you uptown [04:09.18] [04:12.49]Well I guess she did