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A Song Inspired by Billie Holliday
by James L Daniels → (All Poetry by James L Daniels)
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"I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues"


I’ve got a right to sing the blues,
I’ve got a right to foolish skies,
I’ve got a right to cry me a river,
Why not?
It’s deep within these eyes.
I’ve got Georgia on my mind-
Listening to Billie Holliday, that’s Miss Brown to you,
With strange looking fruit in sitting in my basket Tennessee is my destination,
Look for me,
I’ll be driving right through.
I’ve got a twitch about the eye,
I’ve got loneliness in my heart and anger deep within my soul,
Whatever you do don’t take the needle of that record, let the band play,
My pain is out of control
I’ve got a right to sing the blues




The Composer has not recieved a release date yet, I got an email from PA and they said "The Composer" is still going through the preperation stages and is prgressing slowly, I hope readers are still interested in it after so long! Gosh!

 

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 Reviews of "A Song Inspired by Billie Holliday"
Reviewed by Mitzi Jackson
Reviewed on January 15, 2005
Excellent!!!
clif got one about Billie
and so do i
loved her her work and this is an excellent tribute song to her!!!

Reviewed by Carmen Ruggero
Reviewed on October 5, 2004
We seem to share an affinity for good artists. I loved Billie Holliday. This is a good piece of work and a great tribute to Billie.

Carmen :-)

Reviewed by jacqueline amos
Reviewed on September 28, 2004
This is excellent

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on September 16, 2004
Love Billie too, what a tragic life and an incredible presence and voice!


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