Songwriter: Paula Cole
Producer: Paula Cole
[Intro]
(Didn't your Mama tell you how to behave, girl?
Didn't your Daddy tell you not to wear that little thing?)
[Verse 1]
Been told you never get something for nothing
My stepfather Dickie say I just might get hit
If I don't give
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
Daddy's gone
Mama lost her job
Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in God
[Verse 2]
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?)
[Pre-Chorus]
The girls all whisper 'hind by back
My baby brother's smoking crack
The boys they want only one thing
My body is my currency
[Chorus]
Daddy's gone
Mama lost her job
Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in God
[Bridge]
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'?)
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I'll be sixteen in August)
Our house ain't a home no more (I am a sophomore)
Since Mama broke her soul (I like to sing in chorus)
Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I'll be sixteen in August)
Our house ain't a home no more (I am a sophomore)
Still my faith's unshaken
[Outro]
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, yes my faith's unshaken in God (Ooh Lord)
(Didn't your Mama tell you how to behave, girl?
Didn't your Daddy tell you not to wear that little thing?)
[Verse 1]
Been told you never get something for nothing
My stepfather Dickie say I just might get hit
If I don't give
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
Daddy's gone
Mama lost her job
Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in God
[Verse 2]
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?)
[Pre-Chorus]
The girls all whisper 'hind by back
My baby brother's smoking crack
The boys they want only one thing
My body is my currency
[Chorus]
Daddy's gone
Mama lost her job
Our house ain't a home no more
Still my faith's unshaken in God
[Bridge]
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'?)
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I'll be sixteen in August)
Our house ain't a home no more (I am a sophomore)
Since Mama broke her soul (I like to sing in chorus)
Daddy's gone (My name is La Tonya)
Mama lost her job (I'll be sixteen in August)
Our house ain't a home no more (I am a sophomore)
Still my faith's unshaken
[Outro]
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, yes my faith's unshaken in God (Ooh Lord)
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Amen (1999)
Paula Cole popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Wait
- Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
- Feelin’ Da Love
- Why Don’t You Go?
- Garden of Eden
- Be Somebody
- Lonelytown
- I Wanna Kiss You
- The Ladder
- Amen
- P.R.E.N.U.P.
- God Is Watching
- Me
- 14
- Throwing Stones
- Eloise
- Oh John
- Manitoba
- Dear Gertrude
- Sorrow-On-The-Hudson
- Happy Home
- Chiaroscuro
- Billy Joe
- El Greco