Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

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There ain't nothing I can do

Or nothing I can say

That folks don't criticize me

But I'm going to do just as I want to anyway

And don't care what people say



If I should take a notion

To jump into the ocean

Ain't nobody's business if I do



If I go to church on Sunday

Then cabaret all day Monday

Ain't nobody's business if I do



If my man ain't got no money

And I say, "Take all of mine, honey"

Ain't nobody's business if I do



If I give him my last nickel

And it leaves me in a pickle

Ain't nobody's business if I do



Well I'd rather my man would hit me

Then for him to jump up and quit me

Ain't nobody's business if I do



I swear I won't call no copper

If I'm beat up by my papa

Ain't nobody's business if I do

Nobody's business

Ain't nobody's business

Nobody's business if I do

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as recorded Aug. 17, 1949 by Billie Holiday

with the Decca Studio Orchestra featuring Lester Young

Originally released as MX-75147

Re-released on _Billie Holiday: From the Original Decca Masters_

(c)1986 MCA Records, Inc. MCAD-5766 JVC-501