I got it bad (and that ain't good) - Duke Ellington

Composer - Duke Ellington
Arrangement - Keith Jarrett
The poets say that all who love are blind
but I'm 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 he's near I'm fair and warmer
when he's gone I'm cloudy with showers; in emotion
like the ocean, it's 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 ain't good!
My poor heart is sentimental, not made of wood
I got it bad and that ain't good!
But when the weekend's over and Monday rolls aroun'
I end up like I start out just cryin' my heart out.
He don't love me like I love him, nobody could.
I got it bad and that ain't good.
Like a lonely weeping willow, lost in the wood
I got it bad and that ain't good!
And the things I tell my pillow no woman should
I got it bad and that ain't good!
Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears
I'm glad I'm mad about him I can't live without him
Lord above me make him love me the way he should
I got it bad and that ain't good.