Tonya
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 shisper 'hind my back
They try to break me whith 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 by 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 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


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Lyrics by Paula Cole

  14   Amen   Amen (Remastered Album Version)   Autumn Leaves   Autumn Leaves [Midnight in the Garden of Good and ...   Be Somebody   Bethlehem   Billy Joe   Black Boots   Carmen   Chiaroscuro   Come On Inside   Comin' Down   Comin' Down   Dear Gertrude   El Greco   Elegy   Eloise   Feelin' Love   Feelin' Love   Free   Garden Of Eden   God Is Watching   God Is Watching (Remastered Album Version)   Happy Home   Hard To Be Soft   Hard to Be Soft   Heart Door   Hitler's Brothers   Hitler's Brothers   Hush, Hush, Hush   Hush, Hush, Hush.   I Am So Ordinary   I Believe In Love   I Believe In Love (Remastered Album Version)   I Don't Wanna Wait   I Don't Want To Wait   I Don't Wanna Wait   I Don’t Want To Wait   I Wanna Kiss You   In Our Dreams   It's My Life   It's My Life   Jolene   La Tonya   La Vie En Rose   La Vie En Rose (english)   Last November   Lonely Town   Lonelytown   Love Light (cardinal)   Lovelight   Lovelight   Me   Mississippi   Music In Me   My One and Only Love   My One and Only Love [DVD]   My One and Only Love [DVD][Live]   My One and Only Love [Enhanced PCM Stereo][Multime...   Nietzsche's Eyes   Nietzsche's Eyes   Oh John   Our Revenge   Our Revenger   Pearl   Postcards From East Oceanside   Rhythm Of Life   Ring Finger   Road To Dead   Safe In Your Arms   Saturn Girl   Sex   She Can't Feel Anything Anymore   She Can't Feel Anything Anymore   Suwannee Jo   The Hard Way   The Ladder   The Very Thought of You   Throwing Stones   Tiger   Tomorrow I Will Be Yours   Until I Met You   War   Watch The Woman's Hands   Watch The Woman's Hands   Where Have All The Cowboys Gone   Working Class Hero

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