My Old Flame

by Billie Holiday

From the album: The Billie Holiday Story

Track 11 of 12 on The Billie Holiday Story (1959).

Duration: 3:00

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Lyrics for My Old Flame

My old flame I can't even think of his name But it's funny now and then How my thoughts go flashing back again To my old flame My old flame My new lovers all seem so tame For I haven't met a gent So magnificent or elegant As my old flame I've met so many men With fascinating ways A fascinating gaze in their eyes Some who sent me up to the skies But their attempts at love Were only imitations of My old flame I can't even think of his name But I'll never be the same Untill I discover what became Of my old flame I've met so many men With fascinating ways A fascinating gaze in their eyes Some who sent me up to the skies But their attempts at love Were only imitations of My old flame I can't even think of his name But I'll never be the same Until I discover what became Of my old flame

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More from The Billie Holiday Story

  1. Yesterdays
  2. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Take 2
  3. I'll Be Seeing You
  4. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
  5. I Cover The Waterfront
  6. Lover, Come Back To Me
  7. Strange Fruit
  8. She's Funny That Way
  9. How Am I To Know?
  10. Fine And Mellow
  11. My Old Flame
  12. On The Sunny Side Of The Street