Some men like me talkin' happy Some calls it snappy Some ca… - Billie Holiday

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Some men like me talkin' happy
Some calls it snappy
Some call me honey
Others think I got money
Some tell me baby you're built for speed
Now if you put that all together
Makes me everything a good man needs.

Billie Holiday

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About Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan Goughy, was an American jazz singer. Commonly known as Lady Day, her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.

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Birth Name: Eleanora Fagan

Also Known As: Lady Day

Alternative Names: Eleanora Fagan Gough • Eleanora Harris • Eleanora Gough

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I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Money, you've got lots of friends
Crowding round the door
When you're gone, spending ends
They don't come no more
Rich relations give
Crust of bread and such
You can help yourself
But don't take too much.

I ain't good looking
And my hair ain't curls
But my mother she give me something
It's going to carry me through this world.

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