CHET BAKER - I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU

I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU

CHET BAKER

SONGWRITERS: FRANK SINATRA; JACK WOLF; JOEL HERRON & TAITO VANIO

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SEA BREEZE/I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU

LABEL: PACIFIC JAZZ

GENRE: SMOOTH JAZZ

YEAR: 2008

Chesney Henry Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for his major innovations within the cool jazz subgenre leading him to be nicknamed the "prince of cool".

Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals (Chet Baker Sings, It Could Happen to You). Jazz historian Dave Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one." His well-publicized drug habit also drove his notoriety and fame. Baker was in and out of jail frequently before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and '80s. 

I'm a fool to want you

I'm a fool to want you

To want a love that can't be true

A love that's there for others too

I'm a fool to hold you

Such a fool to hold you

To seek a kiss not mine alone

To share a kiss the Devil has known

Time and time again I said I'd leave you

Time and time again I went away

But then would come the time when I would need you

And once again these words I'd have to say

I'm a fool to want you

Pity me, I need you

I know it's wrong, it must be wrong

But right or wrong I can't get along

Without you

Time and time again I said I'd leave you

Time and time again I went away

But then would come the time when I would need you

And once again these words I'd have to say

Take me back, I love you

Pity me, I need you

I know it's wrong, it must be wrong

But right or wrong I can't get along.