Solitude

"(In My) Solitude" is a 1934 composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie
DeLange and Irving Mills. It has been recorded numerous times and is considered a jazz
standard.[1] Ellington reported that he composed it in a recording studio in 20 minutes, as his
orchestra had arrived with three pieces to record and required another. It is in D♭ major and
has an AABA form (although "the IV chord in measure 3 is replaced by a II7 the second time").
According to Ellington, the title was suggested by trumpeter Arthur Whetsel.
An AllMusic writer describes the composition as "at once optimistic in its tone but somber in
its pace, conflicted with the emotions of bitter loneliness and fond remembrance". The mood is
set "in the very first phrase of the melody, with its ascent to the leading tone of the scale falling
just short of the tonic, and in the seemingly unremarkable chord progressions that
nevertheless manage to transform harmonic resolution into wistful resignation".

In my solitude you haunt me

With reveries of days gone by

In my solitude you taunt me

With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad

In my solitude I'm praying

Dear Lord above Send back my love

To taunt : railler