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

Cause I got it bad and that ain't good!

When the weekend's over and monday rolls aroun'

I end up like I start out just cryin' my heart out

Lord above me make him love me the way he should

I got it so bad and that ain't good!

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Original lyric of

"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"

(1941)
Paul Francis Webster
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 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!