Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra
Performer
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Vocals
Pete Clark
Pete Clark
Alto Saxophone
Chauncey Haughton
Chauncey Haughton
Clarinet
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Trumpet
Irving Randolph
Irving Randolph
Trumpet
Dick Vance
Dick Vance
Trumpet
George Dorsey
George Dorsey
Alto Saxophone
Teddy McRae
Teddy McRae
Tenor Saxophone
Sam Simmons
Sam Simmons
Tenor Saxophone
Earl Hardy
Earl Hardy
Trombone
George Matthews
George Matthews
Trombone
John McConnell
John McConnell
Trombone
Tommy Fulford
Tommy Fulford
Piano
Ulysses Livingston
Ulysses Livingston
Guitar
Beverly Peer
Beverly Peer
Bass
Bill Beason
Bill Beason
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster
Lyrics
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Kapp
Jack Kapp
Producer
Milt Gabler
Milt Gabler
Producer

Lyrics

The poets say that all who love are blind
But I'm in love and I know what time it is
The good book 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
An 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 around
I end up like I start out
Just crying my 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
The 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, bad
So bad and that ain't good
Written by: Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
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