Turning Point Lyrics - Nina Simone
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See the little brown girl
She's as old as me
She looks just like chocolate
Oh mummy can't you see
We are both in first grade
She sits next to me
I took care of her mum
When she skinned her knee
She sang a song so pretty
On the Jungle Gym
When Jimmy tried to hurt her
I punched him in the chin
Mom, can she come over
To play dolls with me?
We could have such fun mum
Oh mum what'd you say
Why not? oh why not?
Oh. . . I. . . see. . .
She's as old as me
She looks just like chocolate
Oh mummy can't you see
We are both in first grade
She sits next to me
I took care of her mum
When she skinned her knee
She sang a song so pretty
On the Jungle Gym
When Jimmy tried to hurt her
I punched him in the chin
Mom, can she come over
To play dolls with me?
We could have such fun mum
Oh mum what'd you say
Why not? oh why not?
Oh. . . I. . . see. . .
Writer: HASELDEN, TONY/FREDERIKSEN, DENNIS HARDY/ODOM, LEO
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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Get the WRITER RIGHT...and get the story | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/11/13
Martha Holmes wrote Turning Point on a baritone ukulele in Chappaqua NY (a town with no black people), recorded it for Harry Bell of Gotham Recording Studios in NYC for demo, it was played for A&R man Danny Davis at RCA who chose it for Nina Simone. She loved the song, sang it in Carnegie Hall and at her live performances. Lena Horne sang it in her one-hour CBS special in 1968 or '69. Martha Holmes
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