I got it bad (and that ain`t good)

 

Tema del musical Jump for Joy de de Duke Ellington y letra de Paul Francis Webster (creador de Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, o The Shadow of Your Smile) publicado en 1941.  

Versión instrumental de Ben Webster

Versión vocal de Nina Simone

Letra

My baby ever treats me sweet and gentle the way he should;

I got it bad and that aint good!

My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood

I got it bad and that aint good!

But when the weekends over and monday rolls aroun

I end up like I start out just cryin my heart out

He dont love me like I love him nobody could

I got it bad and that aint good!

Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood

I got it bad and that aint good!

And the things I tell my pillow no woman should

I got it bad and that aint good!

Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears

Im glad Im mad about him I cant live without him

Lord above me make him love me the way he should

I got it bad and that aint good!

Original lyric

The poets say that all who love are blind

But Im in love and I know what time it is!

The good book says "go seek and ye shall find"

Well, I have sought and my what a climb it is!

My life is just like the weather

It changes with the hours

When hes near Im fair and warmer

When hes gone Im cloudy with showers;

In emotion, like the ocean its either sink or swim

When a woman loves a man like I love him.

Never treats me sweet and gentle the way he should;

I got it bad and that aint good!

My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood

I got it bad and that aint good!

But when the weekends over and monday rolls aroun

I end up like I start out just cryin my heart out

He dont love me like I love him nobody could

I got it bad and that aint good!

Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood

I got it bad and that aint good!

And the things I tell my pillow no woman should

I got it bad and that aint good!

Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears

Im glad Im mad about him I cant live without him

Lord above me make him love me the way he should

I got it bad and that aint good!