Billie Holiday Discography   Lyrics

I'm Painting The Town Red

Charles Tobias & Charles Newman & Sam H. Stept

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1935 MT 8 Complete on Columbia v.1 8 2'59"

 

A smile on my face

A song on my lips

Pretending is all I do

I'm painting the town red

To hide a heart that's blue

 

I'm gay with the crowd

I play with the crowd

But oh, if they only knew

I'm painting the town red

To hide a heart that's blue

Must I go on carrin' on

 

My merry song is just pretend

Loving you so, wanting you so

Where will it end, how will it end

 

A smile on my face

A song on my lips

But never forgetting you

I'm painting the town red

To hide a heart that's blue

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