Necessary Evil-Louis Armstrong/Tal Farlow Quartet/Dave Barbour Orchestra/Charles Mingus

[ti:Necessary Evil] [ar:Louis Armstrong] [al:Historic Collection Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Necessary Evil - Louis Armstrong (路易斯·阿姆斯特朗)/Dave Barbour Orchestra [00:11.48]So I tried hard to be good [00:13.10] [00:14.23]And do the things I should [00:15.67] [00:17.29]I give up everything that I enjoyed [00:20.60] [00:22.54]But if you slip a bit [00:24.41] [00:24.92]And your heart says this is it [00:27.73]Thats a necessary evil my boy [00:32.54] [00:33.41]All my friends say I'm a fool [00:36.10] [00:36.79]And I won't break any rules [00:38.79] [00:39.35]Why all the saintly virtues I employ [00:43.79] [00:44.98]But if the slightest fling [00:47.41]Makes your soul begin to sing [00:50.04] [00:50.67]That's a necessary evil my boy [00:55.23] [00:55.93]We'll a man sometime has to sip a drink [01:00.55] [01:02.76]And cast his eyes on a lovely shape [01:05.95] [01:08.01]Then sometimes a wager desires [01:12.82]If a man says he don't [01:15.20]He's not a man he's a liar [01:18.13]So don't let yourself be sad [01:21.32]If what looks good is bad [01:24.07]Reach out accept the things that bring you joy [01:28.82] [01:29.64]And so you feel inclined [01:32.20]It will help to keep in mind [01:35.51]Baby that's a necessary evil [01:38.02] [01:40.71]For a man sometimes has to sip of the grape [01:45.96] [01:46.90]Or cast his eye on a lovely shape [01:51.21] [01:51.96]And then sometimes a wager desire [01:57.15]If a man says he don't [01:59.90]He's not a man he's a liar [02:02.77]So don't let yourself be sad [02:05.61]If what looks good is bad [02:08.54]I reach out accept the things [02:10.73]That bring you joy [02:13.04] [02:13.86]A man has got to live [02:16.42]Even stealers make you give [02:18.98]That's a necessary evil [02:21.85]Absoultely necessary [02:24.04] [02:24.79]A necessary evil my boy