I Love My Man (with The All-Star 'Jam' Band)
I love my man
I'm a liar if I say I don't
I love my man
I'm a liar if I say I don't
But I'll quit my man
I'm 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'll be your dog
I'll see you in your grave
My man wouldn't give me no breakfast
Wouldn't give me no dinner
Squawked about my supper then he put me outdoors
Had the nerve to lay 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 curled
I ain't good looking
And my hair ain't curled (I wouldn't say that)
But my mother, she gave me something
It's gonna carry me through this world
Some men like me 'cause I'm happy
Some 'cause 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 all together
Makes me everything a good man needs
I'm a liar if I say I don't
I love my man
I'm a liar if I say I don't
But I'll quit my man
I'm 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'll be your dog
I'll see you in your grave
My man wouldn't give me no breakfast
Wouldn't give me no dinner
Squawked about my supper then he put me outdoors
Had the nerve to lay 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 curled
I ain't good looking
And my hair ain't curled (I wouldn't say that)
But my mother, she gave me something
It's gonna carry me through this world
Some men like me 'cause I'm happy
Some 'cause 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 all together
Makes me everything a good man needs
Credits
Writer(s): Billie Holiday
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- I Wished On the Moon (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)
- What a Little Moonlight Can Do (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)
- Miss Brown to You (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)
- A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Yellow Straw Hat) [with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra]
- What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)
- I'm Painting the Town Red (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)
- It's Too Hot for Words (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)
- Twenty-Four Hours a Day (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra) [Take 1]
All Album Tracks: Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944) >
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- Misty & Blue
- Great Women Of Song: Billie Holiday
- Solitude (Slowed & Sped)
- Solitude (Slowed & Sped) - Single
- Brussels, Belgium. January 12th 1954 (Live)
- Autumn in New York
- In My Solitude: Billie Sings Ballads
- Billie Holiday For Lovers (Deluxe Edition)
- All of Me: Spotlight on Billie Holiday
- BILLIE: The Original Soundtrack
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