You know the funniest
thing happened to me,
I was talking to a man the other night,
he's the same guy
that gave me a fur coat five winters ago,
and a gown he gave me the following fall.
Then he gave me the braces, the bag,
he gave me too many pieces,
the hat, the shoes,
that was late 58 I recall.
Then last night in his apartment,
oh yes, I was there,
he tried to remove them all.
And I said as I ran,
well I didn't run exactly,
nobody was chasing me,
I just walked fast, down the hall.
You know what I said to this man?
I said, you take back your mink,
take back your pearls,
what made you think
that I was one of those girls?
I'm screaming! back the gown,
gloves and the hat.
I may be down, honey,
but I'm not flat as all that.
I thought that each expensive
gift you'd arrange
was a token of your esteem.
And when I think of what you
want in exchange,
oh, that's a horrible dream.
So take back that mink, yeah,
those old worn -out pelts,
and gold, short for sleeves,
for somebody else
You know, was crazy enough to think
that each expensive gift you arranged
was a token of your esteem.
Now I got an idea
of what you want,
you rascal.
Oh, what a horrible dream!
take back that mink
From whence it came
An d tell them to hire him to rise it
For some other day, brother
Take back your mink, boy
Take back your pearls, boy, I was furious
Take back the gloves and your hat
Cause I'm not like that, and that is that!
Old rascal,
the old thing wasn't no good boy,
Old worn -out mink,
I'm a chinchilla chick myself!