I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [The Great Reunion] - Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

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 a lonely 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 ell 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.