Mood Indigo - Billie Holiday

Duke ellington / irving mills / albany bigard You ain’t been blue No, no, no You ain’t been blue Till you’ve had that mood indigo That feelin goes stealin down to my shoes While i sit and sigh "go ‘long, blues" Always get that mood indigo Since my baby said goodbye In the evenin when […]

Lover Come Back To Me - Billie Holiday

Sigmund romberg / oscar hammerstein ii You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I wanted to forget you And leave the past behind Still, the magic if the night i met you Seems to stay forever in my mind The sky was blue And high above The moon was new […]

Love For Sale - Billie Holiday

Cole porter Love for sale. Appetizing, young love for sale. Love that’s fresh and still unspoiled. love that’s only slighty soiled. Love for sale. Who will buy? Who will like to sample my supply? Who’s prepared to pay the price for a trip to paradise? Love for sale. Let the poets pipe of love in […]

Left Alone - Billie Holiday

Billie holiday / mal waldron Where’s the love that’s made to fill my heart? Where’s the one from whom i’ll never part? First they hurt me, then desert me I’m left alone, all alone There’s no house that i can call my home There’s no place from which i’ll never roam Town or city, it’s […]

Just Friends - Billie Holiday

John klenner / samuel m. lewis Just friends Lovers no more Just friends But not like before To think of what we’ve been And not to kiss again Seems like pretending It isn’t the ending Two friends Drifting apart Two friends But one broken heart We loved we laughed we cried Then suddenly love died […]

Jeepers Creepers - Billie Holiday

Harry warren / johnny mercer Jeepers, creepers, where’d ya get those peepers, Jeepers, creepers, where’d ya get those eyes? Gosh all, git up, how’d they get so lit up, Gosh all, git up, how’d they get that size? Golly gee! when you turn those heaters on Woe is me, got to put my cheaters on. […]

It’s Not For Me To Say - Billie Holiday

Robert allen / al stillman It’s not for me to say you love me It’s not for me to say you’ll always care Oh, but here for the moment i can hold you fast And press your lips to mine And dream that love will last As far as i can see this is heaven […]

It Had To Be You - Billie Holiday

Isham jones / gus kahn Why do i do, just as you say Why must i just, give you your way Why do i sigh, why don’t i try – to forget It must have been, that something lovers call fate Kept me saying: "i have to wait" I saw them all, just couldn’t fall […]

I’m Yours - Billie Holiday

Johnny green / e.y. harburg Ask the sky above And ask the earth below Why i’m so in love And why i love you so Couldn’t tell you though i tried do Just why i’m yours When you went away You left a glowing spark Trying to be gay as Whistling in the dark I […]