Lyrics:

Billie holiday / herbie nichols


Lady sings the blues

She's got them bad

She feels so sad

Wants the world to know

Just what the blues is all about


Lady sings the blues

She tells her side

Nothing to hide

Now the world will now

Just what the blues is all about

The blues ain't nothing but a pain in your heart

When you get a bad start

When you and your man have to part

I ain't gonna just sit around and cry

And now I won't die

Because I love him


Lady sings the blues

She's got 'em bad

She feels so sad

The world will know

She's never gonna sing them no more


No more