Billie Holiday (1915-1959) is considered one of the greatest jazz voices of all time. She had a very difficult life which greatly affected her music. Jack Kerouac pictured this song in his book "on the road" as followings: "...I huddled in the cold, rainy wind and watched everything across the sad vineyards of October in the valley. My mind was filled with that great song... It's not the words so much as the great harmonic tune and the way Billie sings it, like a woman stroking her man's hair in soft lamp-light. The winds howled. I got cold..."Lover Man (Billie Holiday)I don't know why but I'm feeling so sadI long to try something I never hadNever had no kissin'Oh, what I've been missin'Lover man, oh, where can you be?The night is cold and I'm so aloneI'd give my soul just to call you my ownGot a moon above meBut no one to love meLover man, oh, where can you be?I've heard it saidThat the thrill of romanceCan be like a heavenly dreamI go to bed with a prayerThat you'll make love to meStrange as it seemsSomeday we'll meetAnd you'll dry all my tearsThen whisper sweetLittle things in my earHugging and a-kissingOh, what I've been missingLover man, oh, where can you be?
