Billie Holiday
"'tain't Nobody's Business if I Do"

There ain't nothin' I can do,
Or nothin' 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 just what people say.

If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean,
'Tain't nobody's business if I do, do, do, do.

If I go to church on Sunday,
Then cabaret all day Monday,
'Tain't nobody's business if I do, if I do.

If my man ain't got no money,
And I say, "Take all o' mine, honey,"
'Tain't nobody's business if I do.

If I give him my last nickel,
And it leaves me in a pickle,
'Tain't nobody's business if I do.

Well, I would rather my man would hit me,
Than for him to jump up and quit me,
'Tain't nobody's business if I do.

I swear I won't call no copper,
If I'm beat up by my papa;
'Tain't nobody's business if I do.

Nobody's business.
'Tain't nobody's business.
Nobody's business if I do.