Billie Holiday LYRICS

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Billie Holiday - A Fine Romance - lyrics

Dorothy fields / jerome kern
A fine romance, with no kisses
A fine romance, my friend this is
We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes
But youre as cold as yesterdays mashed potatoes
A fine romance, you wont nestle
A fine romance, you wont wrestle
I might as well play bridge
With my old maid aunt
I havent got a chance
This is a fine romance
A fine romance, my good fellow
You take romance, Ill take jello
Youre calmer than the seals
In the arctic ocean
At least they flap their fins
To express emotion
A fine romance with no quarrels
With no insults and all morals
Ive never mussed the crease
In your blue serge pants
I never get the chance
This is a fine romance

Billie Holiday - Always - lyrics

Irving berlin
Ill be loving you always
With a love thats true always
When the things you plan
Need a helping hand will understand
Always, always
Days may not be fair always
Thats when Ill be there, always
Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
Not for just a year, but always
Ill be loving you always
With a love thats true always
When the things you plan
Need a helping hand will understand
Always, always
Days may not be fair always
Thats when Ill be there, always
Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
Not for just a year, but always

Billie Holiday - A Sailboat In The Moonlight - lyrics

Carmen lombardo / john jacob loeb
A sailboat in the moonlight
And you
Wouldnt that be heaven
A heaven just for two
A soft breeze on a june night and you
What a perfect setting
For letting dreams come true
A chance to sail away
To sweetheart bay
Beneath the stars that shine
A chance to drift
For you to lift
Your tender lips to mine
Some things dear
That I long for are few
Just give me a sailboat in the moonlight and you
A chance to sail away
To sweetheart bay
Beneath the stars that shine
A chance to drift
For you to lift
Your tender lips to mine
Some things dear
That I long for are few
Just give me a sailboat in the moonlight and you

Billie Holiday - All The Way - lyrics

Jimmy van heusen / sammy cahn
When somebody loves you
Its no good unless he loves you - all the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you - all the way
Taller than the tallest tree is
Thats how its got to feel
Deeper than the deep blue see is
Thats how deep it goes - if its real
When somebody needs you
Its no good unless he needs you - all the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in between years - come what may
Who know where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
But if youll let me love you
Its for sure Im gonna love you - all the way, all the way

Billie Holiday - (This Is) My Last Affair - lyrics

H. Johnson
Can't you see
What love and romance have done to me
I'm not the same as I used to be
This is my last affair
Tragedy just seems to be the end of me
My happiness is misery
This is my last affair
Right from the start
You took my love
Tore my heart apart
Now there's nothing new to look forward to
My dreams won't come true
So I'll make a vow, make a vow
No more to love's line will I bow
I cross my heart and feel it now
This is my last affair

Billie Holiday - A Foggy Day - lyrics

George and ira gershwin
A foggy day, in london town
It had me low, and it had me down
I viewed the morning, with much alarm
The british museum, had lost its charm
How long I wondered, could this thing last
But the age of miracles, it hadnt past
And suddenly, I saw you standing right there
And in foggy london town, the sun was shining everywhere

Billie Holiday - A Sunsetbonnet Blue - lyrics

Irving kahal / sammy fain
A sunbonnet blue and a yellow straw hat
Shy little he and she
Were declaring love's old story
In the shade of the old apple tree,,
A sunbonnet blue and a yellow straw hat
Decided to say, "i do"
So they rode to june and glory
On a bicycle built for two
Hear the past. the song is old.
The summer days are through
With silver threads among the gold
They still say, "i love you"
A sunbonnet blue and a yellow straw hat
Are true to this very day
For he loves her in december
As he did in may

Billie Holiday - Aam I Blue? - lyrics

Harry Akst / Grant Clarke
It was a morning, long before dawn
without a warning I found he was gone
How could he do it
Why should he do it
He never done it before
Am I blue
am I blue
ain't these tears, in these eyes telling you
How can you ask me "am I blue"
why, wouldn't you be too
if each plan
with your man
done fell through
There was a time
when I was his only one
but now I'm
the sad and lonely one...lonely
Was I gay
untill today
now he's gone, and we're through
Am I blue

Billie Holiday - (I Love You) Porgy - lyrics

George and Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward
I love you, Porgy
Don't let him take me
Don't let him handle me
And drive me mad
If you can keep me
I want to stay with you forever
And I'll be glad
I love you, Porgy
Don't let him take me
Don't let him handle me
With his hot hands
If you can keep me
I want to stay with you forever
I like my man
Someday I know he's coming
Back to call me
He's gonna handle me
And hold me so
It's going to be like dying, Porgy
When he calls me
But when he comes, I know
I'll have to go

Billie Holiday - All Or Nothing At All - lyrics

Jack lawrence / arthur altman
All or nothing at all
Half love never appealled to me
If your heart never could yield to me
Then Id rather have nothing at all
All or nothing at all
If its love there is no in between
Why begin, then cry for something that might have been
No, I rather have nothing at all
But, please, dont bring your lips so close to my cheek
Dont smile or Ill be lost beyond recall
The kiss in your eyes, the touch of your hand makes me weak
And my heart may grow dizzy and fall
And if I fell under the spell of your call
I would be caught in the undertow
So, you see, Ive got to say
No, no
All or nothing at all
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