Cher released "Dark Lady" in the beginning of the 70s. I was only later exposed to this original version, because the year I was born a Finnish female singer Lea Laven made a cover version of "Dark Lady" in my native language. It became a huge hit, a classic - and it was titled "Tumma Nainen".
I can still hear my mom singing this song. What you have to know about my mom - and me as too - is that we are (to this day) pretty much unable to shut up while listening to music we know lyrics to. We always sing along, we can't help it, ask anybody! So... Believe me, I heard this in stereo throughout the first years of my life.
The original by Cher was of course an international hit (which I present here) and the Finnish cover version - released in 1974 - was a national hit in Finland. A lot of covers were released back in those days. Singers were just growing to become songwriters - it was not like today when most music acts write or take part in making the music too. Back then, singers only sang.
I hope you enjoy the glamour and "fatal" attraction of "Dark Lady" by Cher.
I can still hear my mom singing this song. What you have to know about my mom - and me as too - is that we are (to this day) pretty much unable to shut up while listening to music we know lyrics to. We always sing along, we can't help it, ask anybody! So... Believe me, I heard this in stereo throughout the first years of my life.
The original by Cher was of course an international hit (which I present here) and the Finnish cover version - released in 1974 - was a national hit in Finland. A lot of covers were released back in those days. Singers were just growing to become songwriters - it was not like today when most music acts write or take part in making the music too. Back then, singers only sang.
I hope you enjoy the glamour and "fatal" attraction of "Dark Lady" by Cher.
Here are the lyrics:
The fortune queen of New Orleans/ Was brushing her cat in her black limousine
On the backseat were scratches from/ The marks of men her fortune she had won
Couldn't see through the tinted glass/ She said "Home James" and he hit the gas
I Followed her to some darkened room/ She took my money, she said "I'll be with you soon"
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one/ Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done
Dark Lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve/ She told me more about me than I knew myself
She dealt two cards, a queen and a three/ And mumbled some words that were so strange to me
Then she turned up a two-eyed jack/ My eyes saw red but the card still stayed black
She said the man you love is secretly true/ To someone else who is very close to you
My advice is that you leave this place/ Never come back and forget you ever saw my face
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one/ Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done
Dark Lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve/ She told me more about me than I knew myself
So I ran home and crawled in my bed/ I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said
Then I remembered her strange perfume/ And how I smelled it was in my own room!
So I sneaked back and caught her with my man/ Laughing and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand
The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor/ Dark Lady would never turn a card up anymore
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one/ Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done
Dark Lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve/ She told me more about me than I knew myself
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