I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

Duke Ellington / Paul F. Webster
Though folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears
Well I'm so mad about him
I can't live without him
Never treats me sweet and gentle
The way he should
I've got it bad
And that ain't good
And when the weekend's over
And Monday rolls around
I end up like I start out
Just crying my heart out
He don't love me like I love him
No, nobody could
I've got it bad
And that ain't good
Lord above me, make him love me
The way he should
I got it bad

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song performed by Billie Holiday
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Please Dont Do It In Here

Billie holiday / buster harding
Break down the door
Chop up the floor
Kick out the ceilin
And anything more
But, baby, please dont do it in here
Kick off the roof
Break out the panes
Smash in the walls
And bust out your brains
But, baby, please dont do it in here
Took me years to get my path straight
Im gonna keep it that way
Dont intend to have it torn up
Listen to what I say
So take all the money
Steal all the clothes
Shoot off your pistol
Cause anything goes
But, baby, please dont do it in here

song performed by Billie Holiday
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If I Didnt Care

Jack lawrence / milton ager
If your hearts in doubt, my love
Worried about my love
Then all your fear
Is only foolish fancy, dear
If I didnt care more than words can say
If I didnt care would I feel this way?
If this isnt love
Then maybe Im wrong
But why do I lie awake all night
And dream all day long?
If I didnt care would it be the same?
Would every prayer begin and end with just your name?
And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?
Would all this be true
If I didnt care for you?

song performed by Billie Holiday
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P.s. I Love You

Johnny mercer / gordon jenkins
Dear, i thought i drop a line
The weather is cool
The fooks are fine
I'm in bed each night at nine
Ps i love you
Yesterday we had some rain
But all in all i can't complain
Was it dusty on the train
Ps i love you
Write to the brown's just as soon as you're able
They came around to call
And not burn a hole in the dining room table
Now let me think; i guess that's all
Nothing else for me to say
And so i'll close, but by the way
Everybody's thinking of you
P.s. i love you

song performed by Billie Holiday
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Ghost Of A Chance

Victor p. young / bing crosby / ned washington
I need your love so badly
I love you oh so madly
But i don't stand a ghost of a chance with you
I thought at last i found you
But other loves surround you
And i don't stand a ghost of a chance with you
If you'd surrender
Just for a tender
Kiss or two
You might discover
That i'm the lover
Meant for you
And i'd be true
But what's the good of scheming
I'm dreaming
For i don't stand a ghost of a chance with you
Cuz i don't stand
A ghost of a chance
With you

song performed by Billie Holiday
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Beyond The Sea

Charles trenet (jack lawrence)
Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing
Somewhere beyond the sea
He's watching for me
If i could fly like birds on high
Then straigt to his arms i'd go sailing
It's far beyond a star, it's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again i'll go sailing
Some sailing

song performed by Billie Holiday
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Easy Living

Leo robin / ralph rainger
Living for you is easy living
Its easy to live when youre in love
And Im so in love
There is nothing in life but you
I never regret the years that Im giving
Theyre easy to give when youre in love
Im happy to do whatever I do for you
For you maybe Im a fool
But its fun
People say you rule me with one wave of your hand
Darling, its grand
They just dont understand
Living for you is easy living
Its easy to live when youre in love
And Im so in love
Theres nothing in life but you

song performed by Billie Holiday
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Spreadin The Rhythm Around

Ted koehler / jimmy mchugh
Music everywhere, feet are pattin
Puttin tempo in old manhattan
Everybody is out high hattin
Spreadin rhythm around
Everywhere you go trumpets are blarin
Drums and saxophones rip and tearin
Everybody you meet is rarin
Spreadin rhythm around
Up in harlem in every flat they give it that zing
Which according to one and all is what they call swing
Those who cant afford silk and satin
Dance with gigolos who are latin
Come from yonkers, the bronx and staten
Spreadin rhythm around

song performed by Billie Holiday
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Practice Maker Perfect

D. roberts / e. gold
If practice makes perfect
Lets try that old embrace
In some romantic place
Where we can take out time
If practice makes perfect
Just close you eyes again
Well try those sights again
And make them more sublime
Were in loves kindergarden
Learning from a to z
And if its fun just starting
Think what its going to be
If practice makes perfect
Lets have that kiss again
We mustn miss again
Were not doing bad right now
Were not doing bad
Lets practice some more
Were not doing bad right now

song performed by Billie Holiday
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Born To Love

Jack scholl / m.k. jerome
Theres something that rules our destiny
Right from the first day of our birth
Altough you may not care for me
You have your mission on this earth
You were born to love
Sure as you live
Born with everything heaven could give
You have eyes and they express
Love at a glance
You have lips whos tenderness
Speak of romance
Like a dream of love, lovely to see
Youre the angel of my destiny
And to think that you have found
Your place on earth only to be
Born to love and be loved by me

song performed by Billie Holiday
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