TIme for BIllie

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I'm a Fool to Want You
Words & Music by Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, 1951
Recorded by Billie Holiday, 1958


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 oth - ers too.



I'm a fool to hold you,

Such a fool to hold you.

To seek a kiss not mine a - lone,

To share a kiss that Devil has known.



Bridge:


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 had 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.



Although co-writer Frank Sinatra also recorded the song, possibly the most memorable version was the one recorded by Billie Holiday. This transcription, however, also borrows heavily from the 1984 re-make by Linda Ronstadt.