Lyrics 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Alberta Hunter, The Original Memphis Five

'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do

There ain’t nothing I can do, nor nothing I can say
That folks don’t criticize me
So, I’m goin' to do just as I want to anyway
Don’t care if people just despise me
If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean
Lord, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do
Well, go on then, persecute me
I choose bad, you accuse me
And, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do
I’m wild about a caveman lover
Really I wouldn’t have no other
And, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do do do do do do do
If I jump from a rich man to a beggar
And, I slide and get myself a bootlegger
Lord, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do
If I never call a copper
When I get beat up by my papa
Lord, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do do do do
I’d rather he would hit me
Than to jump right up and quit me
And, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do
If I attend church on Sunday
Just might strut my stuff on a Monday
Lord, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do do do do do do do
I do not shout «I love you»
'Cause I feel I’m old enough for you
And, tain’t nobody’s biz-ness if I do