Discover the story of the song > Fancy – Bobbie Gentry

The protagonist reminisces about how her mother bought her a dress for dancing, despite their poverty. Her mother tells her to be nice to men and that it's up to her to get out of their difficult situation. She leaves her mother and the rundown shack they lived in and becomes a successful lady, but still remembers her mother's desperate voice urging her to make something of herself.