I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

The poets say that all who love are blind

But I'm in love and I know what time it is

The Good Book says "Go seek and ye shall find"

Well, I have sought and my what a climb it is

My life is just like the weather

It changes with the hours

When he's near I'm fair and warmer

When he's gone I'm cloudy with showers

In emotion like the ocean, it's either sink or swim

When a woman loves a man like I love him

Never treats me sweet and gentle the way he should

I got it bad and that ain't good

My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood

I got it bad and that ain't good

But when the weekend's over

And Monday rolls around

I end up like I start out

Just cryin' my heart out

He don't love me like I love him, no, nobody could

I got it bad and that ain't good

So bad, so bad

I got it so bad, so bad

Though folks with good intentions

Tell me to save my tears

I'm glad I'm mad about him

I can't live without him

Lord above me make him love me the way he should

Like a lonely weeping willow lost in the wood

The things I tell my pillow no woman should

I got it bad, bad

So bad and that ain't good