i got it bad and that ain t good

Nina Simone

(1941) Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington

My baby ever 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 aroun
I end up like I start out just cryin my heart out
He don t love me like I love him nobody could
I got it bad and that ain t good!

Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood
I got it bad and that ain t good!
And the things I tell my pillow no woman should
I got it bad and that ain t good!
Tho 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
I got it bad and that ain t good!

Original lyric

The poets say that all who love are blind
But I m in love and I know what time it is!
The Good Book says 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;
in 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 aroun
I end up like I start out just cryin my heart out
He don t love me like I love him nobody could
I got it bad and that ain t good!

Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood
I got it bad and that ain t good!
And the things I tell my pillow no woman should
I got it bad and that ain t good!
Tho 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
I got it bad and that ain t good!