Songwriter: Arthur Herzog Jr. Billie Holiday
Producer: Gil Askey
[Verse 1:]
Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad you're back
Don't explain
Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain?
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain
[Verse 2:]
You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
For I'm so completely yours
Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong don't matter
When you're with me, sweet
Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain
Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad you're back
Don't explain
Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain?
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain
[Verse 2:]
You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
For I'm so completely yours
Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong don't matter
When you're with me, sweet
Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain
more tracks from the album
Lady Sings the Blues (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Good Morning Heartache
- Mean to Me
- God Bless the Child
- Strange Fruit
- My Man
- You’ve Changed
- Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
- Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
- Love Is Here to Stay
- What a Little Moonlight Can Do
- Fine and Mellow
- Don’t Explain
- I Cried for You
- Them There Eyes
- The Man I Love
- All of Me
- ’T Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Love Theme
From the albums
Diana Ross popular songs
- I’m Coming Out
- Upside Down
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- It’s Your Move
- If We Hold On Together
- The Boss
- Missing You
- Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)
- When You Tell Me That You Love Me
- Chain Reaction
- He Lives in You
- Love Hangover
- Touch Me in the Morning
- Do You Know Where Youre Going To
- It’s My House
- I’m Still Waiting
- A Brand New Day
- Always and Forever
- If You’re Not Gonna Love Me Right (Crenshaw Records version)
- Once in the Morning
- That’s How You Start Over
- Love Me (Japanese quadraphonic edition)
- Ain’t Nothin’ But a Maybe