Billie Holiday

My Old Flame

Billie Holiday


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My old flame   
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I can't even think of his name
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But it's funny, now and then, how my thoughts go flashing back again 
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To my old flame
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My old flame   
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My new lovers all seem so tame
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For I haven't met a gent so magnificent or elegant 
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As my old flam 
Bridge: 
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I've met so many who had fascinatin' ways, 
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A fascinatin' gaze in their eyes
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Some who took me up to the skies
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But their attempts at love were only imitations of 
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My old flame  
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I can't even think of his name 
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But I'll never be the same until I discover what became 
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Of my  old flame