Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Body and Soul by Billie Holiday



You're making me blue
All that you do
Seems unfair
You try not to hear
Turn a deaf ear
To my prayer
It seems you don't want to see
What you are doing to me
My arms are waiting to caress you
And to my heart they long to press you, sweet heart

My heart is sad and lonely
For you I cry
For you, dear, only
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you
Body and soul

I spend my days in longing
And wondering it's me you're wronging
Why haven't you seen it?
I'm all for you
Body and soul

I can't believe it
It hard to conceive it
That you'd turn away romance
Are you pretending?
Don't say it's the ending
I wish I could have one more change to prove, dear
My life a hell you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender
Myself to you
Body and soul

Life's dreary for me
Day's seem to be long as years
I've looked for the sun
But can see none
Through my tears
Your heart must be like a stone
To leave me like this alone
When you could make my life worth living
By taking what I'm set on giving, sweet heart

My heart is sad and lonely
For you I cry
For you, dear, only
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you
Body and soul

LADY... THIS AINT THE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT... LET HIM COME HOME AND FIND THE DOOR LOCKED... BETTER YET HAVE YOUR BROTHER BREAK HIS LEGS.


2 comments:

Aaron said...

It never feels good when romantic feelings aren’t reciprocated. But even the deepest longing will go away eventually. The worst is when you are strung along. That can go on for a long time. My advice is detach from all wants and pleasure. It’s the only way to stay safe. Also Billie Holiday has a really awesome voice.

Dan Tschirhart said...

No doubt about it, Billie Holiday had a beautiful voice

Her music partner/friend nicknamed her Lady Day - classic

Oh yeah, we've all been shot down in the love department

And it has an endless amount of ammunition

We're just sitting ducks out there

But you learn from it, or at least try to, & you grow and move on to something better

And no, you do not detach from all wants and pleasures

Great googly-moogly Berv - you're funny

Being strung along is horrible though, and it can really screw up your self esteem

No one is worth that part of you