Lady Sings the Blues

by Billie Holiday

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La- dy sings the blues

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She's got them bad, she feels so sad

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Want the world to know

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What the blues are all a-bout

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La-dy sings the blues

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She tells her side, noth-ing to hide

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Now the world will know

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Just what the blues are all a-bout

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The blues ain't noth-in'

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But a pain in your heart

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When you get a bad start

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When you and your man have to part

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She ain't gon-na just 

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Sit a-round and cry

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She knows she won't die

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Be-cause she loves him

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La-dy sings the blues

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She's tell-ing you she's got them bad

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Now the world will know

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She's ne-ver gon-na sing them no more

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