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

And motion 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 around
I end up like I started out
Just cryin' my lil' heart out

He don't love me
Like I love him
No, nobody could
I got it bad
And that ain't good

So bad, so bad

I got it bad, so bad
Though folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears
I'm glad I'm mad about you
I can't live without you

Lord above me
Make him love me
The way he should

Like a lonely weeping willow lost in the wood
The things I tell my pillow, no woman should
I got it bad, bad
So bad and that ain't good

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Writer(s): Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster