(I've Got Respect For) Billie Holiday

from Collection Vol. 1 by Jim Jose

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Written: 1986
Recorded: 1988-1999

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You had some sweet sound
Didn't you Billlie, didn't you Billie
Got to cry out loud
Didn't you Billlie, didn't you Billie

In nightclub's smoke-filled haze
Wasn't it Billie, wasn't it Billie
Segregation's day
Wasn't it Billie, wasn't it Billie

But in the here and now I'll say
I've got respect for Billie Holiday

Insistent on your style
Wasn't you Billie, wasn't you Billie
Strange fruit from a stubborn child
Wasn't you Billie, wasn't you Billie

But your integrity held out
Didn't it Billie, didn't it Billie
Through a lifelong fight with doubt
Wasn't it Billie, wasn't it Billie

So in the here and now I'll say
I've got respect for Billie Holiday

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from Collection Vol. 1, released January 15, 2000
Produced by: Steve Drown and Jim Jose
Basic Tracks and Horns Engineered by: Steve Drown
Additional Engineering by: Jim Jose
Basic Tracks Arranged by: The Common Ground
Horn Arrangement by: Thomas Snow

Lead Vocals, Guitars and Keyboards: Jim Jose
Piano: John Chamberlain
Bass: Steve Drown
Drums: Tom Welch
Tambourine, Backing Vocals: Mike Davis
Saxophone, Flute: Sean Potter
Trumpet: Trent Austin
Trombone: Steve L'Heureux
Backing Vocals: Shawn Tooley

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