[00:00.00] 作词 : Bobby Gentry[00:01.00] 作曲 : Bobby Gentry[00:10.40]I remember it all very well lookin' back[00:12.76]It was the summer I turned eighteen[00:14.65][00:15.48]We lived in a one room rundown shack[00:17.81]On the outskirts of New Orleans[00:19.78][00:20.50]We didn't have money for food or rent[00:22.88]To say the least we were hard pressed[00:24.79][00:25.51]Then mama spent every last penny we had[00:27.81]To buy me a dancin' dress[00:29.70][00:30.49]Mama washed and combed and curled my hair[00:32.91]And she painted my eyes and lips[00:34.96][00:35.54]Then I stepped into a satin[00:37.04]Dancin' dress that had a split on[00:38.66]The side clean up to my hip[00:40.52][00:41.46]It was red velvet trim and it fit me good[00:45.69]Standin' back from the lookin' glass[00:47.27]There stood a woman where a half gown kid had stood[00:50.40]She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:54.35][00:55.49]She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[00:59.02][01:03.55]Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck[01:06.27]And then she kissed my cheek[01:07.65][01:08.45]Then I saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyes[01:11.41]As she started to speak[01:12.82][01:13.73]She looked at our pitiful shack[01:15.19]And then she looked at me and took a ragged[01:17.29]Breath[01:17.71][01:18.58]She said your pa's run'd off and I'm real sick[01:21.01]And the baby's gonna starve to death[01:22.88][01:23.60]She handed me a heart shaped locket that said[01:26.01]To thine own self be true[01:28.03][01:28.60]And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across[01:31.17]The toe of my high heel shoe[01:33.20][01:33.85]It sounded like somebody else that was talkin'[01:36.17]Askin' mama what do I do[01:38.49]She said just be nice to the gentlemen fancy[01:41.40]They'll be nice to you[01:43.02][01:43.63]She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[01:47.17][01:49.13]Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[01:51.89][01:53.40]Lord forgive me for what I do but if you[01:56.89]Want out well it's up to you[01:58.78]Now don't let me down now your mama's gonna move[02:01.09]You uptown[02:02.21][02:06.51]Well that was the last time I saw my ma[02:09.00]The night I left that rickety shack[02:10.87][02:11.63]The welfare people came and took the baby[02:13.97]Mama died and I ain't been back[02:16.00][02:16.61]But the wheels of fate had started to turn[02:19.16]And for me there was no way out[02:21.06][02:21.97]When they long 'till I knew exactly[02:24.16]What my mama'd been talkin' about[02:26.06][02:26.93]I knew what I had to do[02:28.74]And I made myself this solemn vow[02:31.08][02:31.77]That I's gonna be a lady someday[02:34.32]Though I didn't know when or how[02:36.27][02:36.81]But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life[02:39.39]With my head hung down in shame[02:41.93]You know I might have been born just plain white trash[02:44.43]But fancy was my name[02:46.29][02:46.94]She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me[02:49.54]Down[02:50.48][02:52.02]She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me[02:55.21]Down[02:55.81][02:59.89]It wasn't long after a benevolent man[03:02.14]Took me in off the street[03:03.99][03:04.68]And one week later I was pourin' his tea[03:07.12]In a five room hotel suite[03:09.04][03:09.84]I charmed a king a congressman and an occasional aristocrat[03:13.94][03:14.82]Then I got me a Georgia mansion[03:16.63]In an legant New York townhouse flat[03:19.21]And I ain't done bad[03:20.70][03:30.00]Now in this world there's a lot of self righteous[03:32.67]Hiypocrits that would call me bad[03:34.45][03:35.04]And criticize mama for turning me out[03:37.39]No matter how little we had[03:39.40][03:40.04]But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'[03:42.60]For now on fifteen years[03:44.49][03:45.11]Well I can still hear the desperation in my poor[03:47.66]Mama's voice ringin' in my ears[03:49.87][03:50.44]Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[03:53.79][03:55.56]Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down[03:58.30][03:59.84]Lord forgive me for what I do but if you[04:03.32]Want out well it's up to you[04:05.24]Now don't let me down hon your mama's gonna move[04:07.69]You uptown[04:08.63][04:12.07]Oh and I guess she did