Oh, Lady Be Good
Yearning for Love: A Lonesome Tale in Jazz
Lyrics
Listen to my tale of woe,
Expressing a story of distress
It's terribly sad but true,
Confirming the sadness as genuine
All dressed up, no place to go
Feeling prepared or adorned but lacking suitable plans
Each evening I'm awfully blue.
Consistently feeling melancholic every night
I must win some handsome guy
Desiring to attract an attractive man
Can't go on like this,
Unable to continue living this way
I could blossom out I know,
Believing that flourishing is possible, with the right person
With somebody just like you. So
Yearning for someone similar to the addressed person
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Requesting kindness and goodness from a sweet lady
Oh, lady, be good to me
Pleading for the lady's benevolence
I am so awfully misunderstood
Feeling greatly misunderstood
So lady, be good to me
Pleading again for the lady's goodness
Oh, please have some pity
Asking for compassion
I'm all-alone in this big city
Expressing loneliness in a vast urban setting
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
Describing oneself as innocent and lost
So lady be good to me.
Reiterating the plea for kindness
Oh, please have some pity
Repeating the request for pity
I'm all alone in this big city
Re-emphasizing isolation in a large city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
Repeating the feeling of being lost and solitary
So lady be good to me.
Reiterating the plea for the lady's kindness
Oh lady be good to me.
Final plea for the lady's goodness
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