I’m a fool to want you
I’m a fool to want you
To want a love that can’t be true
A love that’s there for others too
I’m a fool to hold you
Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss, not mine alone
To share a kiss that devil has known
Time and time again I said I’d leave you
Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I’ll have to say
Take me back, I love you
Pity me, I need you
I know it’s wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong, I can’t get along without you
I'm a fool to want you. Billie sang that with true feeling of someone who loved the wrong person. Loving someone who you shouldn't is painful. Billie was one of the greatest singers to have ever lived.
Billie Holiday was a wonderful artist. She did not deserve all of the suffering she experienced in her life. Racial segregation in her lifetime was unfair, unnecessary, and unjustified.
Her voice so broken from the years of suffering the hopelessness and despair of heroin addiction...yet it's as if she is singing to me alone..her voice is so haunting and deep and personal. Everytime I hear this the tears just creep..so beautiful.
I pray this broken song bird is resting in heaven. Remarkable in every way.
People: dont come here to compare with any new "artist" that are in another level. Billie is untouchable. At that time there were no autotune, or good microphones, or anything for that matter. Dont compare her to people that are only copying stuff, and have no soul or originality in their voices or styles.
Miss Billie Holiday's voice is so hauntingly beautiful...just brings goosebumps to anyone who listens to her...without a doubt! God touched this wonderful woman! I hope...Hope, that she is resting in peace at this very moment...I'm sure that she is.
Miss Holiday's voice became more seasoned and intimate with her personal challenges.This is the voice that delves deeply into the unlit corridors of the human psyche and evokes the things that keep one up at night.All of the loss and despair of the last 400+years encapsulated in the ravaged beautiful voice of the greatest singer of all time.Bravissimma !
I'm a fool to want you
I'm a fool to want you
To want a love that can't be true
A love that's there for others too
I'm a fool to hold you
Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone
To share a kiss the Devil has known
Time and time again I said I'd leave you
Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I'll have to say
I'm a fool to want you
Pity me, I need you
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong I can't get along
Without you
I can't get along
Without you
I would say that the most emotional moment was her listening to the playback of "I'm a Fool to Want You." There were tears in her eyes ... After we finished the album I went into the control room and listened to all the takes. I must admit I was unhappy with her performance, but I was just listening musically instead of emotionally. It wasn't until I heard the final mix a few weeks later that I realized how great her performance really was. (Ray Ellis)