Something's Gotta Give

 

Written by:  Johnny Mercer

Arranged by:  Billy May

From the Album:  Come Dance With Me  (1959)

Label:  Capitol Records

Recorded:  December 9, 1958

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When an irresistible force such as you

Meets an old immovable object like me

You can bet just as sure as you live

Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give

 

When an irrepressible smile such as yours

Warms an old implacable heart such as mine

Don't say no, because I insist

Somewhere, somehow, someone's gotta be kissed

 

So, en garde, who knows what the fates might have in store?

>From their vast mysterious sky?

I'll try hard ignorin' those lips that I adore

But how long can anyone try?

 

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might

Chances are some heavenly star-spangled night

We'll find out just as sure as we live

Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give

 

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Fight  fight  fight it with all of your might

Chances are that some heavenly star-spangled night

We'll find out just as sure as we live

Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give

 

Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give