YOU GOTTA GO
From the film "The Tommy Steele Story" (1957)
(Lionel Bart / Mike Pratt / Tommy Steele)

Tommy Steele - 1957



Some folks get kicks cuttin' a rug
Some folks like to spit in a jug
Some folks stay home sittin' and snug
Not me, I've got the traveling bug

When you gotta go, you gotta go
Something down below comes right up and tells you so
One thing that I know
When you gotta go, you gotta go, go, go!

This guy takes his chick to a dance
This might start a future romance
But this romance ain't getting a chance
`Cause suddenly he gets ants in his pants

When you gotta go, you gotta go
Something down below comes right up and tells you so
One thing that I know
When you gotta go, you gotta go, go, go!

(Saxophone Solo)

A sailor has to go to sea
A builder has to go to tea
One day you must come to me
And that's just how it oughta be

When you gotta go, you gotta go
Something down below comes right up and tells you so
One thing that I know
When you gotta go, you gotta go, go, go!

(Saxophone Solo)

Been to Spain and Timbuctoo
Been to Maine and Kalamazoo
Goin' again, and when I'm through
Baby, you'll be travellin' too

When you gotta go, you gotta go
Something down below comes right up and tells you so
One thing that I know
When you gotta go, you gotta go, go, go!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2006)