The song Sophisticated Lady is performed by Billie Holiday in the album named The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve, 1945-1959 in the year 1993 .
They say into your early life romance came
And then this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day and died away
Then with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you somehow
I see you now
Smoking, drinking, never thinking
Of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry
Smoking, drinking, never thinking
Of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry
Sophisticated lady you cry
Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve, 1945-1959
- Body And Soul (Live (1945/Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles))
- Strange Fruit (Live (1945/Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles))
- I Cried For You (Live (1946/Carnegie Hall))
- Fine And Mellow (Live (1946/Carnegie Hall))
- He's Funny That Way (Live (1946/Carnegie Hall))
- The Man I Love
- Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
- All Of Me (Live (1946/Carnegie Hall))
- Billie's Blues (Live (1946/Carnegie Hall))
- Travelin' Light
- He's Funny That Way (Live (1946/Shrine Auditorium))
- Norman Granz Announcement (Live (1947/Carnegie Hall))
- You Better Go Now
- You're Driving Me Crazy
- There Is No Greater Love
- I Cover The Waterfront (Live (1947/Carnegie Hall))
- Norman Granz Announcement (Live (1947/Carnegie Hall))
- East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
- Blue Moon
- You Go To My Head
- You Turned The Tables On Me
- Easy To Love
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- I Only Have Eyes For You
- Solitude
- Everything I Have Is Yours
- Love For Sale
- Moonglow
- Tenderly
- If The Moon Turns Green
- Remember
- Autumn In New York (Album Version)
- Autumn In New York
- My Man
- Lover, Come Back To Me
- Stormy Weather
- Yesterdays
- He's Funny That Way
- I Can't Face The Music
- MC And Leonard Feather Announcements
- Blue Moon (Live (1954/Cologne))
- All Of Me (Live (1954/Cologne))
- My Man (Live (1954/Cologne))
- Them There Eyes
- I Cried For You (Live (1954/Cologne))
- What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live (1954/Cologne))
- I Cover The Waterfront (Live (1954/Cologne))
- Leonard Feather Announcement (Live (1954/Cologne))
- Billie's Blues (Live (1954/Cologne))
- Lover, Come Back To Me (Live (1954/Cologne))
- How Deep Is The Ocean?
- What A Little Moonlight Can Do
- I Cried For You
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- P.S. I Love You
- Too Marvelous For Words
- Softly
- I Thought About You
- Willow Weep For Me
- Stormy Blues
- Say It Isn't So
- I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
- I Wished On The Moon
- Always
- Everything Happens To Me
- Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (Rehearsal Version)
- Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Mandy Is Two
- Prelude To A Kiss
- I Must Have That Man!
- Jeepers Creepers
- Jeepers Creepers
- Discussion; Jeepers Creepers
- Discussion; Jeepers Creepers
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
- Discussion; Moonlight In Vermont
- Misery
- Restless
- Moonlight In Vermont
- Everything Happens To Me
- Discussion
- I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
- I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
- Discussion; I Don't Want To Cry Any More
- Everything Happens To Me
- Discussion
- When You Are Away, Dear
- Discussion
- It Had To Be You
- The Mood That I'm In
- Gone With The Wind
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- Discussion
- A Sunbonnet Blue
- (I Don't Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance
- Discussion
- I'm Walkin' Through Heaven With You
- Discussion
- Just Friends
- The Nearness Of You
- Discussion
- It's Too Hot For Words
- They Say
- I Won't Believe It
- I Don't Want To Cry Anymore (1955 Version #1)
- I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
- Studio Talk; Prelude To A Kiss
- Studio Talk; Prelude To A Kiss
- Prelude To A Kiss (1955 Version)
- (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance With You
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Studio Talk; When Your Lover Has Gone
- Studio Talk
- When Your Lover Has Gone (Album Version)
- Gone With The Wind
- Studio Talk
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Billie Holiday
- It Had To Be You
- Studio Talk
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- I Got A Right To Sing The Blues
- What's New
- A Fine Romance (Take 1 (Incomplete))
- A Fine Romance
- A Fine Romance (Take 3 (False Start))
- A Fine Romance
- A Fine Romance
- A Fine Romance
- A Fine Romance
- A Fine Romance
- Studio Talk
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You
- I Get A Kick Out Of You
- Everything I Have Is Yours
- Isn't This A Lovely Day?
- Discussion; Misery
- Israel
- Misery
- Discussion
- I Must Have That Man!
- Discussion
- Strange Fruit
- Discussion; God Bless The Child
- Discussion
- God Bless The Child
- God Bless The Child
- Discussion
- God Bless The Child
- One Never Knows, Does One ?
- Discussion
- Beer Barrel Polka (aka "Roll Out The Barrel")
- Some Of These Days
- A Yiddishe Momme
- A Yiddishe Momme
- Discussion
- Lady's Back In Town
- Discussion
- Discussion
- One Never Knows, Does One ?
- Discussion
- Unknown Title
- Trav'lin Light
- I Must Have That Man!
- Some Other Spring
- Lady Sings The Blues
- Strange Fruit
- God Bless The Child
- Good Morning Heartache
- No Good Man
- Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
- Cheek To Cheek
- Ill Wind Billie Holiday
- Speak Low
- We'll Be Together Again
- All Or Nothing At All
- Sophisticated Lady
- April In Paris
- Lady Sings The Blues With Reading From Lady Sings The Blues
- Lady Sings The Blues (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
- Trav'lin Light With Reading From Lady Sings The Blues
- Reading From Lady Sings The Blues #3
- Billie's Blues
- Body And Soul (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- Reading From Lady Sings The Blues #4
- Don't Explain
- Yesterdays (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Reading From Lady Sings The Blues #5
- My Man (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- I Cried For You (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- Fine And Mellow (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- I Cover The Waterfront (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live (1956/Carnegie Hall))
- I Wished On The Moon
- Moonlight In Vermont
- A Foggy Day
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- Just One Of Those Things
- Studio Talk #5
- Just One Of Those Things
- Studio Talk #6
- Comes Love
- Comes Love
- Comes Love
- Comes Love
- Day In Day Out
- Darn That Dream
- But Not For Me
- Body And Soul
- Studio Talk
- Just Friends (Instrumental)
- Studio Talk
- Stars Fell On Alabama
- Stars Fell On Alabama
- Studio Talk; Say It Isn't So
- Say It Isn't So
- Studio Talk; Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Studio Talk; One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
- One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
- One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Embraceable You
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
- Willis Conover Announcement
- Johnny Mercer Announcement
- Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (Live (1957/Newport))
- Willow Weep For Me (Live (1957/Newport))
- My Man (Live (1957/Newport))
- Lover, Come Back To Me (Live (1957/Newport))
- Lady Sings The Blues (Live (1957/Newport))
- What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live (1957/Newport))
- Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Conover Announcement Mal Waldron
- Leonard Feather Announcement (Live (1958/Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival)) Leonard Feather
- I Wished On The Moon (Live (1958/Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival))
- Lover Man
- All The Way
- It's Not For Me To Say
- I'll Never Smile Again
- Just One More Chance
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- You Took Advantage Of Me
- There'll Be Some Changes Made
- 'Deed I Do
- All Of You
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home