| I remember it all very well lookin' back
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| It was the summer that I turned eighteen
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| We lived in a one-room, run down shack
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| On the outskirts of New Orleans
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| We didn’t have money for food or rent
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| To say the least we were hard-pressed
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| When Momma spent every last penny we had
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| To buy me a dancin' dress
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| Momma washed and combed and curled my hair,
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| Then she painted my eyes and lips
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| And I stepped into the satin dancin' dress
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| It had a split in the side clean up to my hips
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| It was red, velvet-trimmed, to fit me good
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| And standin' back from the lookin' glass
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| Was a woman
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| Where a half grown kid had stood
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| «Here's your one chance, Fancy, don’t let me down!
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| Here’s your one chance, Fancy, don’t let me down.
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| Lord forgive me for what I do,
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| But if you want out then it’s up to you
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| Don |