NO GOOD MAN (Billie Holiday)

as rec by Billie Holiday w Tony Scott & his Orch  
June 7th 1956 New York

also rec by Billie Holiday w Bill Stegmeyer & his Orch  '46


No good man,
Lovin' all the no good plan,
Never treats me as he should,
That ain't good,
He's always bringin' me down!

He's no saint,
Heaven knows that's what he ain't!
Spends his money foolishly,
Not on me!
I'm the one who gets the runaround!

I ought to hate him,
And yet I love him so,
For I require
Love that's made of fire!
And in his arms I find
I always get that kind!

No good man,
Ever since the world began,
There's been other fools like me,
Born to be
In love with a no good man!

I ought to hate him,
And yet I love him so,
For I require
Love that's made of fire!
And in his arms I find
I always get that kind!

No good man,
Ever since the world began,
There's been other fools like me,
Born to be
In love with a no good man!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2009)