Gotta Be This Or That 
Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Forever Plaid

verse:
What must I do to make you confess, is it "no," is it "yes?"
Always the same cotinuous doubt, am I "in," am I "out?"
Each thing must end a definite way,
For instance, take example "A:"

If you ain't wrong, you're right
If it ain't day, it's night
If you ain't sure, you might
Gotta be this or that

If it ain't full, it's blank.
If you don't spend, you bank.
If it ain't Bing, it's Frank.
Gotta be this or that.

    Who can it be if it ain't me.
    I know it's not your brother.
    Can't you see, it's gotta be
    One way or the other.

Tell me what I must know
If you don't like, I'll go.
If it ain't "yes," it's "no."
Gotta be this or that.

--

If it ain't old, it's new.
If it ain't me, it's you.
If it ain't much, it's few,
Gotta be this or that.

If it ain't sea, it's land.
If you ain't praised, you're panned.
If it ain't fresh, it's canned.
Gotta be this or that.

    Who can it be, if it ain't me.
    I know it's not your brother.
    Can't you see, it's gotta be
    One way or the other.

Tell me what I must know.
If you don't like, I'll go.
If it ain't "yes," it's "no."
Gotta be, gotta be, gotta be this or that.

--
alternate verse:
If it ain't dry, it's wet
If you ain''t got, you get
If it ain't gross, it's net
Gotta be this or that

If it ain't sis, you can't miss
It's got to be your brother
Can't you see it's gotta be
One way or the other

If it ain't full, it's blank
If you don't spend, you bank
If it ain't Bing, it's Frank
Gotta be this or that



Music and lyrics by Sunny Skylar