Something's Gotta Give
Ella Fitzgerald ( track dates) Lyrics

Somethings gotta give,
There's an inevitable change that's going to happen.

Somethings gotta give
It's an urgent matter that can't be neglected or ignored.

Somethings gotta give
It's a recurring thought that keeps coming back.

When an irresistible force such as you
When an attractive and overpowering person like you enters my life...

Meets and old immovable object like me
...and faces my stubborn and unchanging personality...

You can bet as sure as you live
...it's a sure thing that something is going to happen.

When an irrepressible smile such as yours
When your infectious and uncontrollable smile...

Warms an old implacable heart such as mine
...touches my hard and unyielding heart...

Don't say no because I insist.
...don't reject me because I strongly desire you.

Somewhere, somehow,
Somehow, somewhere...

Someone's gonna be kissed.
...we're going to kiss each other.

So en garde who knows what the fates have in store
So let's beware of what the future might bring...

From their vast mysterious sky?
...from the unpredictable and incomprehensible universe above?

I'll try hard ignoring those lips I adore
I'll attempt to disregard the lips I'm infatuated with...

But how long can anyone try?
...but it won't be easy to resist forever.

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might,
Let's struggle and resist our feelings as best we can...

Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
...maybe one night under the stars...

We'll find out as sure as we live
...we'll finally know what's going to happen.

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,
...something has to happen, something has to change.

Something's gotta give.
It's inevitable that something has to happen.