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Billie Holiday – Sophisticated Lady lyrics
Duke Ellington / Mitchell Parish / Irving Mills

They say into your early life romance came
And this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day and died away
Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you, somehow
I see you now
Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady,
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry
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Songwriters: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
Sophisticated Lady lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Corrected by GailShaffer

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