Carmen McRae

Billie's Blues
I love my manI'm a liar if I say I don'tI love my manI'm a liar if I say I don'tBut I'll quit my manI'm a liar if I say I won'tI've been your slave, babyEver since I've been your babeI've been your slaveEver since I've been your babeBut before I'll be your dogI'll see you in your graveMy man wouldn't give me no breakfastWouldn't give me no dinnerSquawked about me supper then he put me outdoorsHad the nerve to lay a matchbox on my clothesI didn't have so manyBut I had a long, long way to goI ain't good-lookingAnd my hair ain't curledI ain't good-lookingAnd my hair ain't curledBut my mother, she gave me somethingSongtexteThat's gonna tear me through this worldSome men like me 'cause I'm happySome 'cause I'm snappySome call me honeyOthers think I got moneySome tell me "Billie,Baby you're built for speed."Now if you put that all togetherIt makes me everything a good man needs Aus Songtexte Mania