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   Something To Live For
  (1939) Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
   
  I want something to live for
Someone to make my life an adventurous dream
Oh, what wouldn't I give for
Someone who'd take my life and make it seem
gay as they say it ought to be

Why can't I have love like that brought to me?
My eye is watching the noon crowds
searching the promenades seeking a clue
To the one who will someday be my
Something to live for
Something to live for
Something to live for
 
   
  Recording session unknown
    CD 1990 The Entertainers The Entertainers CD 0266 [2:55]
   
  Recording studio session 1962, New York -- (LP Sings Ellington)
    LP 1962 Sings Ellington Colpix CP/SCP 425
    CD 1990 51 Great Jazz Performances That's Jazz TJ401 [2:51]
    CD 1993 Something To Live For Drive CD 3534 [0:51]
    CD 1999 Forbidden Fruit+Sings Ellington+Folksy Nina West Side WESD 225
 
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