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A FAHCY c?╜L.^^j^:- THE BOBBIE GENTRY SHOW "SOUTHERN MIGHTS" 1978 April/May ALADDIN ENSAGE! JU ^cycvi is v> \r^-\ C-?·^'(fZ- I REMEMBER IT ALL VERY WELL LOOKIN' BACK, IT WAS THE SUMMER I TURNED EIGHTEEN WE LIVED IN A ONE-ROOM RUNDOWN SHACK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NEW ORLEANS . WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR FOOD OR RENT TO SAY THE LEAST T*7E WERE HARD-PRESSED THEN MAMA SPENT EVERY LAST PENNY WE HAD TO BUY ME A DANCIN' DRESS - MAMA WASHED AND COMBED AND CURLED MY HAIR AND PAINTED UP MY EYES AND LIPS THEN I STEPPED INTO MY SATIN DANCIN! ORES.? THAT WAS SPLIT ON THE SIDE, CLEAN UP TO MY. HIPS IT WAS RED, WITH VELVET TRIM, AND IT FIT ME GOOD AND STARRIN' BACK FROM THE LOOKIN' GLASS WAS A WOMAN WHERE A HALF GROWED KID HAD STOOD (MAMA SAID) 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 IT'S UP TO YOU DONT LET ME DOWN MAMA'S GONNA HELP YOU MOVE UP TOWN MAMA DAB3ED A LITTLE BIT OF PERFUME ON MY NECK AND SHE KISSED MY CHEEK ?√ß-) r ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤- ^ fiei^l*i ct-o-K. AND I SAW THE TEARS WELL UP IN HER TROUBLED EYES