WAY I FEEL TODAY, THE
(Lyrics: Andy Razaf / Music; Howdy Quicksell & Don Redman)

McKinney's Cotton Pickers (vocal: Don Redman) - 1929
Annette Hanshaw - 1930
Spike Hughes & His Dance Orch. - 1930
Rex King & His Sovereigns (vocal: Bill Coty) - 1930



I'm so distracted
My man has acted
Like a heartless good-for-nothin' lowdown

I believed and trusted
Now I'm disgusted
I found him out at the showdown

When I think of him
How much I love him
I get a desperate notion
That's the way I feel today

My heart is breakin'
Because he's makin'
A plaything of my devotion
That's the way I feel today

Without any reason
Or a word to say
My man turned his keys in
Packed and went away

What good is livin'
I'll soon be givin'
My body up to the ocean
That's the way I feel today

(Instrumental Break)

When I think of him
How much I love him
I get a desperate notion
That's the way I feel today

My heart is breakin'
Because he's makin'
A plaything of my devotion
That's the way I feel today

Without any reason
He didn't have a word to say
That man turned all his keys in
He packed and he went away

Now tell me what good is livin'
I'll soon be givin'
My body up to the ocean
That's the way I feel today


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2018)