CHRIS CONNOR
26. The Lady Sings the Blues (William Engvick–Alec Wilder)
Chris Connor (voc), Hank Jones (p), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Sol Gubin (vib, bells), Fred Klein, Jim Buffington (frh), George Berg (sax, fl), Phil Bodner (sax, fl, enh), Gene Orloff, Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Felix Giglio, Harry Lookofsky, David Montagu, Max Cahn, Arnold Eidus, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Mac Ceppos, Joseph Malin (v), Isadore Zir, Henry Pakaln (vla), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), arr./cond. Richard Wess
New York, NY, 5. Oktober 1959
von: Witchcraft (Atlantic, 1959)
ausgewählt von gypsy tail wind
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The Lady Sings the Blues (William Engvick)
The lady sings the blues
The lady walks alone
She’s got no dream at all
The heart she used to call
Her own has turned to stone
The lady sings the blues
But no one hears her song
She’s weepin‘ in the night
Because her Mister right
Went wrong
She cries, „Let me forget
Let me forget, let me be smart.“
She tries, tries to get free
But who can free
A hеart
Love isn’t an easy thing to lose
It haunts you night and day
Thе mem ‚ry of it clings
And so the lady sings
The blues
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