I remember it all very well lookin' backIt was the summer I turned eighteenWe lived in a one room rundown shackOn the outskirts of New OrleansWe didn't have money for food or rentTo say the least we were hard pressedThen mama spent every last penny we hadTo buy me a dancin' dressMama washed and combed and curled my hairAnd she painted my eyes and lipsThen I stepped into a satinDancin' dress that had a split onThe side clean up to my hipIt was red velvet trim and it fit me goodStandin' back from the lookin' glassThere stood a woman where a half gown kid had stoodShe said here's your one chance fancy don't let me downShe said here's your one chance fancy don't let me downMama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neckAnd then she kissed my cheekThen I saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyesAs she started to speakShe looked at our pitiful shackAnd then she looked at me and took a raggedBreathShe said your pa's run'd off and I'm real sickAnd the baby's gonna starve to deathShe handed me a heart shaped locket that saidTo thine own self be trueAnd I shivered as I watched a roach crawl acrossThe toe of my high heel shoeIt sounded like somebody else that was talkin'Askin' mama what do I doShe said just be nice to the gentlemen fancyThey'll be nice to youShe said here's your one chance fancy don't let me downHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downLord forgive me for what I do but if youWant out well it's up to youNow don't let me down now your mama's gonna moveYou uptownWell that was the last time I saw my maThe night I left that rickety shackThe welfare people came and took the babyMama died and I ain't been backBut the wheels of fate had started to turnAnd for me there was no way outWhen they long 'till I knew exactlyWhat my mama'd been talkin' aboutI knew what I had to doAnd I made myself this solemn vowThat I's gonna be a lady somedayThough I didn't know when or howBut I couldn't see spending the rest of my lifeWith my head hung down in shameYou know I might have been born just plain white trashBut fancy was my nameShe said here's your one chance fancy don't let meDownShe said here's your one chance fancy don't let meDownIt wasn't long after a benevolent manTook me in off the streetAnd one week later I was pourin' his teaIn a five room hotel suiteI charmed a king a congressman and an occasional aristocratThen I got me a Georgia mansionIn an legant New York townhouse flatAnd I ain't done badNow in this world there's a lot of self righteousHiypocrits that would call me badAnd criticize mama for turning me outNo matter how little we hadBut though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'For now on fifteen yearsWell I can still hear the desperation in my poorMama's voice ringin' in my earsHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downHere's your one chance fancy don't let me downLord forgive me for what I do but if youWant out well it's up to youNow don't let me down hon your mama's gonna moveYou uptownOh and I guess she did
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Reba Nell McEntire (McAlester, Oklahoma, 28 de marzo de 1955) es una cantante y actriz estadounidense. Considerada una de los mayores exponentes de la música country, debutó como cantante durante su estadía en la preparatoria, realizando presentaciones en vivo…
