La Tonya — текст песни (Paula Cole)

(Didn`t your Mama tell you how to behave, girl?
Didn`t your Daddy tell you not to wear that little thing?)

Been told you never get something for nothing
My stepfather Dickie say I just might get hit
If I don`t give

The girls all whisper `hind my back
They try to break me with cruel attacks
The boys they want only one thing
And so I give it, don`t complain

Daddy`s gone, Mama lost her job
Our house ain`t a home no more
Still my faith`s unshaken in God

I feel so lonely for hope and company
I don`t take much and I give everything for free
(So, don`t you want me?)

The girls all whisper `hind my back
My baby brother`s smoking crack
The boys they want only one thing
And so I give it, don`t complain

Daddy`s gone, Mama lost her job
Our house ain`t a home no more
Still my faith`s unshaken in God

I dream I get a record deal
I`ll buy a way out of here
Or maybe a new Lexus jeep
Or just a friend(Am I dreamin`? Am I dreamin`?)
There`s Mr. Roberts, Juan and Paul
All waiting for me down the hall
But then tomorrow they don`t call
Still a moment`s better than none at all

Daddy`s gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house ain`t a home no more (I`ll be sixteen in August)
Since Mama broke her soul (I like to sing in the chorus)
Daddy`s gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I am a sophomore)
Our house ain`t a home no more (I`ll be sixteen in August)


Still my faith`s unshaken
Lord won`t you please save me?
Is this the new slavery?
Here on the ghetto pavement?
But I believe in you, baby
Yes, my faith`s unshaken
In God