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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

I love my man
Iæ?¦ a liar if I say I don t

I love my man
Iæ?¦ a liar if I say I don t

But I ll quit my man
Iæ?¦ a liar if I say I won t
I ve been your slave baby
Ever since I ve been your babe
I ve been your slave
Ever since I ve been your babe
But before I be your dog
I ll see you in your grave

My man wouldn t give me no breakfast
Wouldn t give me no dinner
Squacked about my supper
Then he put me outdoors
Heaven erred to late
A matchbox on my clothes
I didn t have so many
But I had a long long ways to go

I ain t good looking
And my hair ain t curls
I ain t good looking
And my hair ain t curls

But my mother she give me something
It s going to carry me through this world
Some man like me cuz I m happy
Some cuz I m snappy
Some call me honey
Others think I ve got money
Some say Billie
Baby you re built for speed
Now if you put that altogether
Makes me everything a good man needs