Billie Holiday - Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) Lyrics






I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad
I long to try something I never had
Never had no kissin'
Oh, what I've been missin'
Lover man, oh, where can you be?

The night is cold and I'm so alone
I'd give my soul just to call you my own
Got a moon above me
But no one to love me
Lover man, oh, where can you be?

I've heard it said
That the thrill of romance
Can be like a heavenly dream
I go to bed with a prayer
That you'll make love to me
Strange as it seems

Someday we'll meet
And you'll dry all my tears
Then whisper sweet
Little things in my ear
Hugging and a-kissing
Oh, what I've been missing
Lover man, oh, where can you be?





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  1. m.... b....

    ❤🌷❤

  2. c.... d....

    👏👏👏👏👏

  3. S.... W....

    Love Whitney Houston version

  4. L.... J....

    Résonances angéliques d'un mariage dantesque.

  5. �.... �....

    I love ya, Billie. Thanks for this beautiful music of yours.

  6. G.... J....

    Jack baba yaraganı boynuma dolaaaaaaaa

  7. R.... B....

    Lover man where can you be?💜💜💜

  8. F.... C....

    On the Road novel by American writer Jack Kerouac , brought me here :)

  9. C.... S....

    Unbelievably haunting - Lady Day's goes straight to your soul! Sheer perfection.

  10. �.... ....

    Im from Whitney's medley at Billboard 1991

  11. e.... m....

    Bird🎷 brought me here. Beautiful voice.

  12. b.... ....

    Such a sad song about her life with men who treated her wrongfully until her death. This angel has now found her lover man.

  13. R.... G....

    I appreciate Billy Holidays music and As well as think eshe was beyond her time because her music still plays on like it was yesterday. God Bless Billy Holiday and I wish her family and friends the best live on musically Billy Holiday! Love You More Than You Will Ever Know!

  14. t.... ....

    I didn't know that this was the first recorded version, or that the tune was written for her, specifically...
    I just know that she was at the peak of her powers at that time, and upon my first-hearing of this performance (on top of this glorious arrangement), it immediately became, for me, the definitive one.
    I've never heard of any of the members of the songwriting team (which says more about me than it does about them, I have no doubt), but I'll pay them a left-handed compliment:
    Until I knew that it wasn't, thanks to the Poster's program notes above, I always thought that this bluesy non-blues was written by the master of that particular musical niche, Harold Arlen.

  15. C.... B....

    upvote if hankus netsky brought you here

  16. c.... L....

    Esta música remete-me a Agosto de 1996, quando aportei no Rio de Janeiro. Foi o primeiro disco que comprei...doce e suave voz da bela Billie Holiday.

  17. L.... A....

    The greatest jazz sdinger of all and the sweetest song!

  18. D.... G....

    on the road

  19. W.... D....

    Wonderful Lady Day ... such a great command of connotation , of just lilting along with sadness , perhaps regret but her love of life and her beauty shines through.. Love Lady Day !

  20. S.... K....

    The song is rare. Lowering the volume makes the feeling stronger. Lives in the heart I guess.

  21. K.... W....

    My favourite song by Lady Day! She is my all-time favourite female vocalist! Sheer perfection! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  22. J.... F....

    Saint Billie.

  23. m.... ....

    ジャズ史上最高の女性シンガー 器楽的唱法 天才的フェイク 間の美学 絶妙なずらし方 物悲しい独特の声

  24. R.... V....

    Bought here by Jack Kerouac's "On The Road". It's crazy that you can have a multi synaesthetic experience with this book since he makes so many references.

    R.... V....

    Hey guy, me too. I've been reading it, Kerouac is amazing!

    R.... V....

    *brought @Natalier Júnior​ what a coincidence! I just started part 2, still working on an opinion

    R.... V....

    @Rafael Viana
    Coincidence again, I just started part 2 too. It's interesting how I can feel freedom while I'm reading the book. I get impressed the way that he get to do this. I have no words to describe him.

    R.... V....

    OMG! I started the part two today and had to come hear this song... So in love for this book/freedom

    R.... V....

    brought here by Chasing the Scream

  25. t.... k....

    I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad
    I long to try something I never had
    Never had no kissin'
    Oh, what I've been missin'
    Lover man, oh, where can you be?

    The night is cold and I'm so alone
    I'd give my soul just to call you my own
    Got a moon above me
    But no one to love me
    Lover man, oh, where can you be?

    I've heard it said
    That the thrill of romance
    Can be like a heavenly dream

    I go to bed with a prayer
    That you'll make love to me
    Strange as it seems

    Someday we'll meet
    And you'll dry all my tears
    Then whisper sweet
    Little things in my ear
    Hugging and a-kissing
    Oh, what I've been missing
    Lover man, oh, where can you be?

    Jimmy Davis / Ram Ramirez / James Sherman

    t.... k....

    Thank you 💜

  26. T.... ....

    I should have lived back in those days.

    T.... ....

    With segregation, mobsters and general poverty? Nah yea, I'd rather listen to this on youtube

  27. T.... R....

    I love Ella Fitzgerald version of this but when I hear this, it takes me back in a time when I had not been born. It's funny, but I feel as if I was back in that era.This is the original and the BEST VERSION OF THIS LOVELY SONG.Hats off to you Ms. LADY DAY.This style of music needs to make a comeback.

    T.... R....

    +Alice Snow Check out Post Modern Jukebox featuring Haley Reinhart. I think you will like it!

    T.... R....

    @TrustNone35​, I will try and do that. Thanks for the info.

    T.... R....

    +Alice Snow It´s the power of music, it takes you to places and ages you don´t even know :)

    T.... R....

    @Fernando Antonio Rodríguez Uriol , Yes I totally agree with you about the power of music. This version as I stated in my original post, takes me back to this time period. I really feel like I was there, when listening to Billy Holiday's music.

  28. R.... M....

    Jack Kerouac and the mexican girl... Mañana Means Heaven

    R.... M....

    Rafael Moreno M zxxxxxssssxxccc v x😒😧😧😒 https://youtu.be/udcWOBeuT84 https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/11/28/michaels-pulls-wild-west-toy-figurines-after-winnipeg-mothers-complaint.html https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/11/28/michaels-pulls-wild-west-toy-figurines-after-winnipeg-mothers-complaint.html

  29. M.... J....

    Happy 100th birthday, Lady Day. We miss you.

  30. J.... ....

    Love Billie but the Sarah Vaughan version is better IMO.

    J.... ....

    I know!

    J.... ....

    This isn't the original recording though is it? I have the original by Billie on the Jazz history compilation and much prefer it!

    J.... ....

    @James Anderson This version was recorded in 1944 for Decca. I think she recorded a later version that would be available today on Verve. Is that the version you might have?

    J.... ....

    LADY DAY OWNS IT ❗

    J.... ....

    @Jazzerson lucky you

  31. K.... R....

    *sigh* Happy Valentine's day everyone...

  32. x.... ....

    Francois Grosjean sent me (via the Guardian). Thanks man!

  33. B.... P....

    I grew up listening to Sylvester's version of this song, on his live recorded "Living Proof" album (full album IS on YT, btw).  Wow!!  Thank you, Ms. Holiday, for your talent.  This is absolutely beautiful.

  34. �.... �....

    Неподражаемая Billie Holiday

  35. J.... G....

    my ideal woman,unfortunatly , she doesnt live anymore....

  36. E.... M....

    While reading on the road

    E.... M....

    It feels so good to know that someone else, somewhere, is reading the same pages that I`m, feeling the same way and all... I fucking love the Internet

    E.... M....

    One of the most brilliant book I've ever read! @Vida LC 

    E.... M....

    +Vida LC took the words right out of my mouth Vida. The internet is amazing!

    E.... M....

    True that my buddy!

  37. D.... B....

    Beauty!

  38. E.... M....

    i do the same... while i was reading the book, immediately i look for this sad song...!

  39. D.... B....

    Found out for this song today while reading "On the road". :)

  40. a.... g....

    Her music ❤❤❤❤

  41. G.... P....

    Una prueba más, junto con las aportadas por Juan Tizol, del aporte portorriqueño al jazz.

  42. B.... J....

    Three Doooooooooooooog! sent me here :p

  43. D.... ....

    such a unique voice... thanks a lot.

  44. V.... U....

    James Brown from del rio, I miss you so much

  45. L.... M....

    just love her songs xx

  46. e.... ....

    ADORE THIS TUNE!-im 39 now & back in highschool NOONE knew who Billy Holiday was, if I ever ask'd anyone, most responded;" who's he???" LOL!!!! - I fell in luv w/ this gals voice as a kid in pittsburgh p.a. & I luv her still- Blues & Jazz the way it was meant to be! Thankx 4 posting!;)

  47. b.... ....

    This is the perfect single woman/break up ballad. Thank you Billie Holiday!