[Intro]
Mmm-mmm
Oh, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
Brick by brick our wall of love
Has descended to the ground
Once your sweet kiss would mend, baby
Conflicts in the past
But now your kiss has lost its glow
So I find myself
Holding onto sweet memories
The way we used to be, yeah
But now you come to me, baby
Wanted me to accept your apology
But that will never erase
All the pain and the heartache
[Chorus]
There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it
I gotta learn to live without ya, baby
(There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it) Woo, woo
I gotta learn to live without ya, baby
(There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it) Woo-hoo
[?], yeah
[Post-Chorus 1]
Somеhow
Ooh, ooh, baby
[Verse 2]
Another time, another placе
Maybe things would never end in this way
But the flame for your love, baby
Simply grows tired now
[?]
I don’t deserve her
Those sweet memories of bliss
No longer do they exist here
If you'd have taken one look
You could have plainly seen
That you were caught in between
The wheels of your mind turning for the good time
[Chorus]
There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it
I gotta learn to live without ya, baby
(There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it) Yeah, woo-ooh-ooh
I gotta learn to do without ya, baby
(There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it) Ah-ah
[Post-Chorus 2]
[?]
Someway, somehow
My loneliness [?]
Woo
Nothing I said meant a thing to you
Ooh, baby
Lovin' you the way I do, yeah
Woo-hoo
I could have, and would have forgiven you, baby
But listen, girl
[Verse 3]
If I knew for sure
You would give a little more
But every time I think of a path
I knew my love just wouldn't last
[Chorus]
There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it
I never learned to live without ya, baby
Yeah, hey, hey-ha-hey
I gotta learn to live without ya, baby
Woo-hoo, baby
I know I can make it by myself, honey
No If’s, And’s, Or But’s was written by Patrick Adams & David Jordan (Soul Songwriter).
No If’s, And’s, Or But’s was produced by Patrick Adams & David Jordan (Soul Songwriter).
J.J. Barnes released No If’s, And’s, Or But’s on Mon May 14 1973.