[Chorus: Paul McCartney]
You've gotta get it, mm-mm
You've gotta get it, don't forget it doesn't come around again
You've gotta get it, mm-mm
You've gotta get it and you've gotta get it good

[Verse 1: Carl Perkins & Paul McCartney]
Once I had a little Spanish guitar
The neighbors told me I could go pretty far
Well, I came and I went
And my guitar got bent
But I discovered that the people who love
Are what we need if we're to get up above it all
And that's that
Unless the world is flat

[Chorus: Carl Perkins & Paul McCartney]
I wanna get it, mm-mm
I wanna get it, just in case it doesn't come around again
I wanna get it, mm-mm
I wanna get it and I wanna get it good

[Verse 2: Carl Perkins & Paul McCartney]
Pardon me if I've been misunderstood
I wanna get it while the going is good
The telephone rang
About a song I sang
The life of Cadillac and ultra for sure
Is automatic for a lady demure
She came and she went
Without a single dent
[Chorus: Carl Perkins & Paul McCartney]
You've gotta get it, mm-mm
You've gotta get it, don't forget it doesn't come around again
You've gotta get it, mm-mm
You've gotta get it and you've gotta get it good

[Post-Chorus: Carl Perkins]
I hear you
Go, kid

[Chorus: Carl Perkins & Paul McCartney]
Come on, let's get it, mm-mm
You've gotta get it, don't forget it doesn't come around again
You've gotta get it, mm-mm
You've gotta get it and you've gotta get it good