BABY I DON'T CRY OVER YOU
Morton Krouse

as rec by Billie Holiday  
April 9th 1946 New York


Had my lunch all alone,
waited for you to phone,
Said you'd call me at two;
So about twen'y af' three,
I had cocktails with Lee,
Baby, I don't cry over you!

Stood me up in the rain,
Tried to hurt me again,
Bet you thought I'd be blue!
I went out to a show
With a swell guy named Joe,
Baby, I don't cry over you!

These foolish games you keep playin'
Might work with somebody else,
But I could have told you, right from the start,
No man's a man enough to break my heart!

If you don't come tonight,
Think you'll give me a fright,
Tell you what I will do;
I'll put on my best gown
And go painting the town,
Baby, I don't cry over you!

These foolish games you keep playin'
Might work with somebody else,
But I could have told you, right from the start,
No man's a man enough to break my heart!

If you don't come tonight,
Think you'll give me a fright,
Tell you what I will do;
I'll put on my best gown
And go painting the town,
Baby, I don't cry over you!
Listen Jack, your sweet Jill
Will be out with some Bill,
If you don't come tonight,
Think you'll give me a fright,
Tell you what I will do;
I'll put on my best gown
And go painting the town,
Baby, I don't cry over you!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)