BILLIE HOLIDAY ： "A PORTRAIT OF LADY DAY" "LADY DAY" －歌詞－
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1. I WISHED ON THE MOON
ーParker- Rainger-
I wished on the moon
For something I never knew
Wished on the moon
For more than I ever knew
A sweeter rose, a softer sky
On April days that would not dance away
I begged on the stars
To throw me a beam or two
Wised on the stars
And asked for a dream or two
I looked for every loveliness
It all came true
I wished on the moon for you
2. WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO
-H. Woods -
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You ln love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause you for sure
Just throw that out of the way
I love you
Ooh, och, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peepin’ through
He’ll get bored
You can’t resist him
All you'll say
When vou have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
3.MISS BROWN TO YOU
— Robin — Whiting — Rainger —
Who do you think is comin’to town
You’ll never guess who
Lovable, hugable Emily Brown
Miss Brown to you
What if the rain comes pattering down
My heaven 1s blue
Can it be sending me Emily Brown
Miss Brown to you
I know her eves will thrill ya
But go slow, oh, oh
Don’t you all get too familiar
Why do vou think she’s comin’to town
Just wait and you'll see
The lovable little Miss Brown to you
Is baby to me, yes, yes
Mark it down
4.IF YOU WERE MINE
— Mercer — Malneck —
If you were mine
I could be a ruler of kings
And if you were mine
I could do such wonderful things
I'd say to a star
Stop where you are
Light up my lover’s way
And every star above you
Would obey, say
If you were mine
I would live for you love alone
To kneel at your shrine
I would give up all that I own
Yes even my heart
Even my life
I’d trade it all for you
And think I was lucky too
If you were mine
5. IT’S LIKE REACHING FOR THE MOON
— Sherman — Lewis —- Marqusee —
It's like reaching for the moon
It’s like reaching for the sun
It’s like reaching for the stars
Reaching for you
You're so far above me
How can I expect than an angel to love me
It’s so refined as you are
It’s like flying without wings
Playing fiddle without strings
And a million other things
No one can do
No, my hopes are slender
In my secret heart I pray you'll surrender soon
No, it’s like reaching for the moon
6. THESE FOOLISH THINGS
- Strachey — Marvell —- Walker —-
A cigarette that bares a lipstick’s traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
Still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A thinking piano in the next apartment
Those stumblin’words
That told you what my heart meant
A fair ground painted swings
These foolish things remind me of vou
You came, you saw, vou conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
Win the marks
And make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings
But who's to answer
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
7. I CRIED FOR YOU
- Freed — Arnheim — Lyman ~
I cried for you
Now it’s your turn to cry over me
Every road has a turning
That’s one thing you're learning
I cried for you what a fool I used to be
Now I've found two eyes
Just a little bit bluer
I’ve found a heart
Just a little bit truer
I cried for you
Now it’s your turn to cry over me
8.DID I REMEMBER?
- Adamson — Donaldson -
Did I remember to tell you I adore you
And I am livin’for you alone
Did I remember to say
I’m lost without you
And just how mad about you 1l've grown
* You were in my arms
And that was all I knew
We were alone, we two
What did I say to you
Did I remember to tell you I adore you
And pray forevermore you'll be mine
*Repeat
9.NO REGRETS
— Tobias - Ingraham —
No regrets
Although our love affair has gone astray
No regrets
I know I'll always care though vou're away
So now our happy romance ended suddenly
Still in my heart you'll be forever mine
No regrets
Because somebody new looks good to you
No regrets
Sweetheart no matter what you say or do
I know our love will linger
When the other love forgets
So I say goodbye with no regrets
No regrets
Because somebody new looks good to you
No regrets
Sweetheart no matter what you say or do
I know our love will linger
When the other love forgets
So I say goodbye with no regrets
10.SUMMERTIME
- Heyward — G. Gershwin —1. Gershwin —
Summertime and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby, don’t you cry
* One of these mornings
You're goin’to rise up singing
Then you’ll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
But till that morning
There’s a nothin’can harm vou
With daddy and mammy standin’by
*Repeat
11.BILLIE’S BLUES
-B. Holiday —
Lord I love my man, tell the world I do
I love my man, tell the world I do
But when he mistreats me
Makes me feel so blue
My man wouldn’t give me no breakfast
Wouldn't give me no dinner
Fought about my supper and put me outdoors
Had the dark clay make black spots on my clothes
I didn’t have so many
But I had a long, long way to go
Some men like me talkin’happy
Some calls it snappy
Some call me honey
Others think I got money
Some tell me baby you're built for speed
Now if you put that all together
Makes me everything a good man needs
12. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
— Johnston — Burke —
Oh every time it rains
[t rains pennies from heaven
Don’t you know each cloud contains
Pennies from heaven
You'll find your fortune
Fallin’all over town
Be sure that your umbrella is upside down
Trade them for a package of sunshine and flowers
If you want the things you love
You must have showers
So when you hear it thunder
Don’t run under a tree
There'll be pennies from heaven
For you and me
13. THAT’S LIFE I GUESS
— Lewis — DeRose -
Sometimes I wonder
What's in store for me
Your love could open
Heaven’s door to me
But you don’t care a straw for me
That's life I guess
My days and nights
Are starting off with you
My sugar kisses taste like salt to you
But why should I find fault with you
That's life I guess
The world was bright when you loved me
Sweet was the touch of vour lips
The world went dark when vou left me
And then there came a total eclipse
Nobody knows how cruel fate can be
How close together love and hate can be
Goodbye, Just clean the slate for me
That's life I guess
14.1 CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
(BABY)
- Fields —- McHugh
I can’t give you anything but love, baby
That’s the only thing I've plenty of, baby
Scheme awhile, dream awhile
You're sure to find
Happiness and I guess
All those things vou always pine for
Gee I'd like to see
You lookin’swell, baby
Diamond bracelets Woolworth
Doesn’t sell, baby
Untill that lucky day
You know darn well, baby
I can’t I give you anything but love
15.THIS YEAR'S KISSES
—I. Berlin —
This year’s crop of kisses
Don’t seem as sweet to me
This year’s crop just misses
What kisses used to be
This year’s new romance
Doesn’t seem to have a chance
Even helped by Mr.Moon above
This year’s crop of kisses is not for me
For I'm still wearin’last year’s love
16. WHY WAS I BORN?
— Hammerstein H —Kern-
Why was I born
Why am I livin’
What do I get
What am I givin’
Why do 1 want for things
I dare not hope for
What can I hope for
I wish I knew
Why do I try
To draw you near me
Why do I cry
You never hear me
I'm a poor fool
But what can I do
Oh baby why was born
To love you
17. I MUST HAVE THAT MAN!
- Fields - McHugh -
Don’t want my money
I don’t need a friend
My heart is broken
It won't ever mend
I ain’t much cann’
Just where I will end |
I must have that man
I'm like an oven
That’s crvin’for heat
He treats me awful
Each time that we meet
It’s just unlawful
How that boy can cheat
But I must have that man
He’s hot as Hades
A lady’s not safe in his arms
When she’s kissed
But I'm afraid that he’s cooled off
And maybe I'm ruled off his list
I'll never be missed
I need that person much worse’n just bad
I'm fall alive and it’s drivin’me mad
He's only human if he’s to be had
I must have that man
18.MY LAST AFFAIR
ー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 1s 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 bow
I cross my heart and feel it now
This 1s my last affair
19. CARELESSLY
-C.Kenny-N.Kenny -N. Ellis—
How carelessly
You gave me your heart
And carelessly I broke it, sweetheart
I took each tender kiss you gave to me
Every kiss made you a slave to me
Then carelessly
I told you good-bye
But now at night I waked up and cry
I wish I knew a way to find the love
I threw away so carelessly
20. MOANIN’LOW
-R. Rainger -H. Deitz-
Moanin’low, my sweet man, I love him so
Though he’s mean as can be
He's the kind of man needs the kind
Of a woman like me
Gonna die if my sweet man should pass me by
If I die where’ll he be
He’s the kind of a man needs the kind
Of a woman like me
Don’t I know any reason why
He treats me so poorly
What have I gone and done
Makes me troubles double with his worries
When surely I ain’t deserving of none
Moanin’low
My sweet man 1s gonna go
When he goes, oh Lordy
He’s the kind of a man nceds the kind
Of a woman like me
21.SUN SHO WERS
ーA. FreedーN. HH. Brown-
Sun showers
Never mind the rain
The sun will shine again
Through sun showers
In a little while
They sky above will smile
Like luster that follows vour kiss
Dark clouds of sorrow
Will soon be a sunny tomorrow
While sun flowers
Raise their happy eyes
Up to the flaming skies
Then sun showers
Leave us as they follow
Rainbows in our hearts
The gray skies soon will clear
My dear
While sun showers are here
22. YOURS AND MINE
— A. Freed—N. H. Brown —
The stars that shine
Are yours and mine
The rainbows in the sky
Are yours and mine
The song of springtime
The lullaby of Fall
The sunshine of summertime
Belong to us all
The moon above
Is yours and mine
The right to fall in love
Is yours and mine
The hope of finding the dream
Our hearts desire
All this is
Yours and mine
23. I'LL GET BY
—R. Turk —F. Ahlert —-
I'll get by as long as I have you
Though there’ll be rain and darkness too
I'll not complain
I'll laugh, I'll true
Ah, but tears may come to me
That’s true
But what care I, say
I'll get by, as long as 1 have you
24. MEAN TO ME
ーR. Turk-F. Ahlert-
You're mean to me
Why must vou be mean to me
Gee honey, it seems to me
You love to see me crying
I don’t know why I stay home
Each night when you say you’ll phone
You've gone and I'm left all alone
Singing the blues and crying
You treat me coldly
Each day in the year
You always scold me
Whenever somebody 1s near
Dear it must be great fun
To be mean to me
You shouldn’t, for can’t you see
What you mean to me
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1.FOOLIN’MYSELF
ーP. Tinturin —J. Lawrence —
I feel like hell
I'm through with love
And I'll have nothin’
More to do with love
I stay away
But every day
I’m just foolin’myself
I tell my friends
That I don’t care
I throw up my shoulders
At the whole affair
But they all know
It isn’t so
I'm just foolin’myself
And every time I pass
And see myself in the looking-glass
I tip my hat and say
How do vou do you fool
You're throwing your life away
I’m acting gay,I’m acting proud
And every time I see you in a crowd
I may pretend
But in the end
I’m just foolin’myself
2.EASY LIVING
ーL. Robin-R. Rainger-
Living for you is easy living
It’s easy to live
When you're in love
And I'm so in love
There’s nothin’in life but you
I never regret
The vears I'm giving
They're easy to give
When you're in love
I’m happy to do
Whatever I do for you
For you maybe I'm a fool
But it’s fun
People say you rule me
With one wave of your hand
Darling it’s grand
They just don’t understand
Living for you is easy living
It’s easy to live
When you're in love
And I’m so in love
There’s nothin’in life but vou
3. I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME
ーM.Maineck-F. Signerelli -G. Kahn -
I'll never be the same
Guys have lost their meaning for me
I'll never be the same
Nothin’s what it once used to be
And when the song birds that sing
Tell me it’s spring
I can’t believe their song
Once love was king
But kings can he wrong
I'll never be the same
There is such an ache in my heart
I'll never be the same
Since we're apart
But there's a lot that a smile can hide
And I know deep down inside
I'll never be the same
Never be the same again
4. ME, MYSELF AND 1
-I.Gordon —A. Roberts—A. Kaufman —
* Me, myself and I
Are all in love with you
We all think you’re wonderful
We do
** Me, myself and I
Have just one point of view
We're convinced
There’s no one else like you
*** It can’t be denied dear
You brought the sun to us
We'd be satisfied dear
If you, you'd belong to one of us
**** So if you pass me by
Three hearts will break in two
Cause me, myself and I
Are all in love with you
* Repeat
** Repeat
*** Repeat
**** Repeat
5. A SAILBOAT TIN THE MOONLIGHT
ーC. Lombardo-J. Loeb-
A sailboat in the moonlight
And you
Wouldn't 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 long for are few
Just give me a sailboat in the moonlight and you
6. CAN"T HELP LOVIN’DAT MAN
- 0. Hammerstein I —J. Kern -
Fish got to swim
And birds got to fly
I've got to love one man till I die
Can’t help loving dat man of mine
Tell me he’s lazy
Tell me he’s slow
Tell me I'm crazy
Maybe 1 know
Can’t help loving dat man of mine
When he goes away
That's a rainy day
And when he comes back
That day is fine
The sun will shine
He can come home
As late as can be
Home without him
Ain’t no home to me
Can’t help loving dat man of mine
7. WHEN YOU'RE SMILING
—M. Fisher —J. Goodwin-L. Shay —
When vou're smilin’
When you're smilin’
The whole world smiles with you
When you're laughin’
When vou’re laughin’
The sun comes shining through
But when you're cryin’
You bring on the rain
So stop your sighin’
Be happy again
Keep on smilin’
Cause when you're smihn’
The whole world smiles with vou
3. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME
-C. Gaskill-J. McHugh -
Your eyes of blue
Your kisses too
I never knew what they could do
I can’t believe you're in love with me
You're telling evervone I know
I'm on your mind each place you go
They can’t believe you're in love with me
I have always placed vou far above me
I just can’t imagine that you love me
After all is said and done
It looks like I'm the lucky one
I can’t believe you're in love with me
9. EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING
ー&. Larner-B. Oakland-
Everybody's laughing
Yes everbody’s laughing
They know that you and I are through
And everybody’s laughing
I told the world you loved me
And bragged about it proudly
But since they know it’s over
They're laughing at me loudly
People love to linger
So they can point a finger
And tear apart a gal whose heart
Was taken through the wringer
If we could start all over
The laugh might be on them
But meanwhile
Everybody’s laughing
If we could start all over
The laugh might be on them
But meanwhile
Everybody's laughing
10. I’LL NEVER FAIL YOU
—I. Taylor -V. Nizzy -
I'll never fail you
Whatever may be
I'll never fail you
Depend upon me
I'll see them all through
The things you've planned
But if they fall through
I'll understand
And when shadows trail you
I'll bring you the sun
I'll never fail you
There’s no other one
I’m yours forever
We never will part
I'll never never fail you sweetheart
11.MORE THAN YOU KNOW
—B. Rose —E. Eliscu—-V. Youmans —
More than you know
More than you know
Man of my heart, I love you so
Lately I've found you on my mind
More than you know
Whether vou're right
Whether you're wrong
Man of my heart, I'll string along
I need you so
More than you’ll ever know
Loving you the way that I do
There’s nothing I can do about it
Loving may be all you can give
But honey, I can’t live without it
Oh, how I'd sigh
How I'd cry
If you got tired and said goodbye
More than I show
More than you'll ever know
12.NIGHT AND DAY
-C. Porter -
Night and day you are the one
Only you beneath the moon
And under the sun
Whether near to me or far
It’s no matter darling, where you are
I think of you night and day
Day and night why is it so
That this longing for you follows
Wherever 1 go
In the roaring traffic boom
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you night and day
Night and day under the hide of me
There’s a oh, such a hungry yearning
Burning inside of me
And this torment won't be through
Till you let me spend my life
Making love to you
Night and day
Day and night
Night and day under the hide of me
There’s a oh, such a hungry yearning
Burning inside of me
And this torment won’t be through
Till you let me spend my life
Making love to you
Day and night
Night and day
13. THE MAN I LOVE
— I. Gershwin —G. Gershwin —
Someday he’ll come along
The man I love
And he’ll be big and strong
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I’ll do my best to make him stay
He'll look at me and smile
I'll understand
Then in a little while
He'll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won't say a word
* Maybe I shall meet him Sunday
Maybe Monday, maybe not
Still I'm sure to meet him one day
Mavbe Tuesday will be my good news day
** He'll build a little home
That’s meant for two
From which I'll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I'm dreaming of the man I love
* Repeat
** Repeat
14. YOU'RE JUST A NO ACCOUNT
-S.Cahn-S.Chaplin -
You're just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’at all
When there is work to do and someone vells for vou
You don’t hear them call
The Good Lord set aside his Sundays
For folks to rest
More that one day’s rest is wrong
You start restin’Sunday and rest so hard
You're tired the whole week long
You're just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’at all
I just can’t figure how each time vou milk the cow
The tit gets so small
We got machines to do your work for you
But you won't press the button on the wall
You're just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’at all
You're just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’at all
I just can’t figure how each time you milk the cow
The tit gets so small
We got machines to do your work for you
But you won't press the button on the wall
You're just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’at all
You're just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’at all
15.BODY AND SOUL
- E. Heyman -R. Sour-P. Eyton - J. Green —
My days have grown so lonely
For you I cry, for you dear only
Why haven’t you seen me
I’m all for you, body and soul
I spend my days in longing
I wonder why it’s my you're wronging
Oh tell you I mean it
I’m all for you, body and soul
I can’t believe it
It’s hard to conceive it
That you'd throw away romance
Are you pretendin’
It looks like the ending
Unless I can have one more chance
To prove dear
My life I held your making
You know I’m your's for just the takin’
I'd gladly surrender myself to vou
Body and soul
What lies before me
A future that stormy
A winter that’s gray and cold
Unless there's magic
The end will be tragic
And echo a tale
That's been told so often
My life revolves about vou
What earthly good am I without you
1 tell you I mean tt
I’m all for you
Body and soul
16. IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY
—M. Field — N. Oliphant —
The same old story
It’s as old as the stars above
The same old story
Of a boy and a girl in love
The scenes say more moonlight
The times say more June light
Romance’s the thing
Two hearts away deep in a dream
* The same old story
It's been told much too much before
The same old story
But it’s worth telling just once more
It’s all fun and laughter
They lived ever after in ecstacy
The same old story but it’s new to me
* Repeat
17.ST. LOUIS BLUES
-W. C. Handy -
I hate to see that evening sun go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
‘Cause, my baby, he’s gone left this town
Fellin’tomorrow like I feel today
If I'm feelin’tomorrow like I feel today
I'll pack my truck and make my give-a-way
St. Louis woman with her diamond ring
Pulls that man around by her apron strings
If it wasn’t for powder and her store bought hair
That man I love would have gone nowhere, nowhere
I got the St. louis Blues
Blues as I can be
That man’s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea
Or else he wouldn’t have gone so far from me
I love my baby like a school boy loves his pie
Like a Kentucky colonel loves his mint’n rye
I love my baby till the day I die
18.LOVELESS LOVE
-W. C. Handy -
Love 1s hike a hydrant turns off and on
Like some friendships when vour money’s gone
Love stands in with the loan sharks
When your heart’s in tongs
If I had some strong wings like an aeroplane
Had some broad wings like an aeroplane
I would fly away forever
Never to come again
Oh love oh love oh loveless love
Has said our hearts are goldless gold
From milkless milk and silkless silk
We are growing used to soul-less souls
Such grafting times we never saw
That's why we have a pure [ull law
In everything we find a flaw
Even love oh love oh loveless love
Just to fly away from loveless love
19.GEORGIA ON MY MIND
~S. Goreell—H. Carmichael -
Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Georgia, Georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines
* Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
** Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
* Repeat
** Repeat
20. ALL OF ME
-S. Simons —G. Marks -
All of me ,why not take all of me
Can’t you see, I'm no good without you
Take my lips, I want to lose them
Take my arms, I'll never use them
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take all of me
All of me, why not take all of me
Can’t you see, I'm no good without you
Take my lips, [ want to lose them
Take my arms, I'll never use them
Your goodbye left me with eyes that crv
How can I go on dear without you
You took the best
S0 why not take the rest
Baby, take all of me
21.I'M IN A LOWDOWN GROOVE
-R. Jacobs -
I'm in a lowdown groove
From carrying a torch for you
Oh, what a lowdown groove
Really don’t know what to do
* My heart has no sense of humor
Dear, as far as you're concerned
It’s more than a Winchell rumor
This time I really got burned
I don’t need a song to prove
That I'm in such a lowdown groove
*Repeat
22. SOLITUDE
- D. Ellington -I. Mills -E. DeLange —
In my solitude you'll haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you'll taunt me
With memories that never die
*I sit in my chair filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere 1 sit and stare
I know that I'll soon go mad
In my solitude I'm praying
“Dear Lord above send (me) back my love”
* Repeat
23.LOVE ME OR LEAVE ML
ーW. Donaldson-G., Kahn -
This affair 1s killin’me
I can’t stand uncertainty
Tell me now I've go to know
Whether you want me to stay or go
Love me or leave me
Or let me be lonely
You won't believe me, I love vou only
I'd rather be lonely
Then happy with somebody else
You might find the night time
The right time for kissin’
But night time is my time
For just reminiscin’
Regrettin’instead of forgettin’
With somebody else
*There'll be no one
Unless that someone is you
I intend to be independently blue
I want your love
But I don’t want to borrow
To have it today to give back tomorrow
For your love is my love
There’s no love for nobody else
*Repeat
24. UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG
-S.Kahn-S.Chaplain —M. Holiner — A. Nichols —
I’d wait for you
I'd slave for you
I'd be a beggar or a knave for you
If that isn’t love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along
I'd gladly move
The earth for you
To prove my love, dear
And its worth for you
If that isn’t love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along
With all the works, dear, at my command
I just can’t make you understand
I'll always love you darling
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can I say?
I'd lie for you
I'd sigh for you
I'd tear the stars down from the sky for you
If that isn’t love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along
With all the words, dear, at my command
I just can’t make you understand
I'll always love you baby
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can I say?
I’d lie for you
I'd cry for you
I'd lay my body down and die for you
If that isn’t love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along
