I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

I Got It Bad(And That Ain't Good) - Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

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

Any motion 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 around

I end up like I started out

Just crying my lil' heart out

He don't love me

Like I love him

No nobody could

I got it bad and that ain't good

So bad so bad

I got it so bad so bad

Though 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

Like a lonely weeping willow lost in the wood

The things I tell my pillow

No woman should

I got it bad so bad and that ain't good