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orville peck - fancy lyrics

[verse 1]
i remember it all very well looking back
it was the summer i turned eighteen
we lived in a one+room worn+out shack
on the outskirts of new orleans
we didn’t have money for food or rent
to say the least, we was hard+pressed
and mama spent every last penny we had
to buy me a dancin’ dress
mama washed and combed and curled my hair
and she painted my eyes and lips
stepped into a satin dancin’ dress
that had a slit in the side, clean up to my hips
it was red velvet trim and it fit me good
starin’ back from the lookin’ glass
there stood a woman where a half+grown boy had stood

[chorus]
“here’s your one chance, fancy, don’t let me down
here’s your one chance, fancy, don’t let me down”

[verse 2]
mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck
and she kissed my cheek
i could see the tears wellin’ up in her troubled eyes
as 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 run off and i’m real sick
and the baby’s gonna starve to death”
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”

[chorus]
“here’s your one chance, fancy, don’t let me down
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
and don’t let me down now
your mama’s gonna move you uptown”

[verse 3]
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 ’til i knew exactly
what my mama’d been talkin’ about
i knew what i had to do
but i made myself this solemn vow
said i was going to be a lady someday
though it didn’t matter when or how
i couldn’t see spending the rest of my life
with my head held down in shame
you know i might’ve been born just plain white trash
but fancy was my name

[chorus]
“here’s your one chance, fancy, don’t let me down
here’s your one chance, fancy, don’t let me down”

[verse 4]
it wasn’t long after, a benevolent man
took me in off the street
one week later, i was pouring his tea
in a five+room hotel suite
i charmed a king, a congressman
and the occasional aristocrat
i got me a georgia mansion
and an elegant new york townhouse flat
and i ain’t done bad

[verse 5]
now in this life, there’s a lot of self+righteous
hypocrites that call me bad
and criticize mama for turnin’ me out
no matter how little we had
and though i ain’t had to worry ’bout nothin’
for now on fifteen years
i can still hear the desperation
in my poor mama’s voice ringing in my ears

[chorus]
“here’s your one chance, fancy, don’t let me down
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
don’t let me down now
your mama’s gonna move you uptown”

[outro]
fancy

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