Listen to I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) by Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Billie Holiday

Vocals

Danny Barker

Guitar

Cozy Cole

Drums

Claude Thornhill

Claude Thornhill

Piano

Billy Kyle

Piano

John Kirby

Bass

Babe Russin

Tenor Saxophone

Buster Bailey

Clarinet

Charlie Shavers

Charlie Shavers

Trumpet

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jimmy Eaton

Composer

Terry Shand

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

John Hammond

Producer

Bernie Hanighen

Bernie Hanighen

Producer

Lyrics

I'm gonna lock my heart

And throw away the key

Cos I'm tired of all those

Tricks you played on me

I'm gonna turn my back on love

Gonna mock the moon above

Seal all my windows up with tin

So that the love bug can't get in

Gonna park my romance right along the curb

Hang a sign upon my heart

"Please don't disturb"

And if I never fall in love again

That's soon enough for me

I'm gonna lock my heart

And throw away the key

And if I never fall in love again

That's soon enough for me

I'm gonna lock my heart

And throw away the key

Written by: Jimmy Eaton, Terry Shand

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