Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
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Always True To You In My Fashion

Always True To You In My Fashion lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie. Oh, Bill, Why can't you behave? Why can't you behave? How in hell can you be jealous...

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Always True To You In My Fashion

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Oh, Bill,

Why can't you behave?

Why can't you behave?

How in hell can you be jealous

When you know, baby, I'm your slave?

I'm just mad for you,

And I'll always be,

But naturally

If a custom-tailored vet

Asks me out for something wet,

When the vet begins to pet, I cry "Hooray!"

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

I enjoy a tender pass

By the boss of Boston, Mass.,

Though his pass is middle-class and notta Backa Bay.

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

There's a madman known as Mack

Who is planing to attack,

If his mad attack means a Cadillac, okay!

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

I've been asked to have a meal

By a big tycoon in steel,

If the meal includes a deal, accept I may.

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

I could never curl my lip

To a dazzlin' diamond clip,

Though the clip meant "let 'er rip," I'd not say "Nay!"

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

There's an oil man known as Tex

Who is keen to give me checks,

And his checks, I fear, mean that sex is here to stay!

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

From Ohio Mister Thorne

Calls me up from night 'til morn,

Mister Thorne once cornered corn and that ain't hay.

Aha!

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

From Milwaukee Mister Fritz

Often moves me to the Ritz,

Mister Fritz is full of Schlitz and full of play.

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

Mister Harris, plutocrat,

Wants to give my cheek a pat,

If the Harris pat

Means a Paris hat,

Bébé, Oo-la-la!

Mais je suis toujour fidèle, darlin', in my fashion,

Oui, je suis toujour fidèle, darlin', in my way.

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