90's country song sung by a women?

Question

I am trying to figure out a song sung by a women about her being able to make it and being strong and it talks about her mom dying and telling her before she dies that she will make it without her. it is from the late 90's I think.

Answer 1

Is it Fancy by Reba McEntire? The song talks about her mother dying and the baby's going to starve to death. Her mom buys her a dress and says "Just be nice to the gentlemen Fancy they'll be nice to you."

Answer 2

Reba

"Fancy"

  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 we 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 she painted my eyes and lips then I stepped into a satin

Dancin’ dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip

It was red velvet trim and it fit me good

Standin’ back from the lookin’ glass

There stood a woman where a half gown kid had stood

She said here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down

Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down

Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck

And she kissed my cheek

Then I saw the tears wellin’ up in her troubled eyes

When she started to speak

She looked at a 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 tow of my high heel shoe

It sounded like somebody else that was talkin’

Askin’ mama what do I do

She said just be nice to the gentlemen fancy

And they’ll be nice to you

She said here’s your 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

Now don’t let me down you better start movin’ uptown

Well, 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

And it wasn’t very long ’til I knew exactly

What my mama’s been talkin’ about

I knew what I had to do but I made myself this solemn vow

That i’s gonna be a lady someday

Though I don’t know when or how

I couldn’t see spending the rest of my life

With my head hung down in shame you know

I might have been born just plain white trash

But fancy was my name

Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down

Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down

It wasn’t very long after a benevolent man

Took me off the street

And one week later I was pourin’ his tea

In a five room hotel suite

I charmed a king, a congressman

And an occasional aristocrat

Then I got me a georgia mansion

In an elegant new york townhouse flat

And I ain’t done bad

Now in this world there’s a lot of self-righteous hippocrits

That would call me bad

And criticize mama for turning me out

No matter how little we had

But though I ain’t had to worry ’bout nothin’

For nigh on fifteen years

I can still hear the desperation in my poor

Mama’s voice ringin’ in my ear

She 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 well it’s up to you

Now don’t let me down

Your mama’s gonna help you uptown

I guess she did

Answer 3

i think it is patty loveless how can i help you say goodbye..

like the others above me had mentioned

Answer 4

"How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" - by Patty Loveless

Answer 5

patty loveless

Answer 6

Artist: Patty Loveless

Song: How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye?

Album: Classics

Through the back window of a '59 wagon

I watched my best friend Jamie slippin' further away

I kept on waving 'till I couldn't see her

And through my tears, I asked again why we couldn't stay

Mama whispered softly, Time will ease your pain

Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same

And she said, How can I help you to say goodbye?

It's OK to hurt, and it's OK to cry

Come, let me hold you and I will try

How can I help you to say goodbye?

I sat on our bed, he packed his suitcase

I held a picture of our wedding day

His hands were trembling, we both were crying

He kissed me gently and then he quickly walked away

I called up Mama, she said, Time will ease your pain

Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same

And she said, How can I help you to say goodbye?

It's OK to hurt, and it's OK to cry

Come, let me hold you and I will try

How can I help you to say goodbye?

Sitting with Mama alone in her bedroom

She opened her eyes, and then squeezed my hand

She said, I have to go now, my time here is over

And with her final word, she tried to help me understand

Mama whispered softly, Time will ease your pain

Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same

And she said, How can I help you to say goodbye?

It's OK to hurt, and it's OK to cry

Come, let me hold you and I will try

How can I help you to say goodbye?

How can I help you to say goodbye?

Answer 7

I don't know the correct answer, but "Fancy" is from the 80's, and is about a woman coercing her daughter into prostitution, so I really doubt that it's "Fancy".

Answer 8

dont know it sorry