Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Count Basie
Canonical path: /count-basie/fine-and-mellow
Related lyric paths: 6
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Fine and Mellow
Read Fine and Mellow lyrics by Count Basie on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Fine and Mellow
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My man don't love me
Treats me oh-so mean
My man he don't love me
Treats me awful mean
He's the lowest man
That I've ever seen
He wears high-trimmed pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high-trimmed pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He's so fine and mellow
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong
But if you treat me right, baby
I'll stay home everyday
Just treat me right, baby
I'll stay home night and day
But you're so mean to me, baby
I know you're gonna drive me away
Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on, baby
It has turned off and gone
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Count Basie performs "Fine and Mellow", and this lyric page sits inside the Count Basie catalog on LyroVerse.
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