Is He Or Isn't He?

Is he or isn't he? Is he or isn't he? He had a story to tell but Art keeps insisting (one part shy, two swell) that he's just no good at stories So, Artie buys you a drink Autumn's left him for another Then he drops it discrete so and so's his brother Prince of no depression, no? Barely an expression, yeah? Is he or isn't he who he says he is? Is he or isn't he who he says he is? Office clerk, engineer sweetest guy you'll meet here We know it's not true but we'd like him anyway So we let it lie There'll be disappointed scenesters if this is make-believe world, yeah. Is he or isn't he who he says he is? Is he or isn't he who he says he is? Is he or isn't he who he says he is? Yes, I see his face in yours oh, he's coming in to town sure, you'll bring him by the bar we're bobbing for apples in a bathtub of pears Is he or isn't he who he says he is? Is he or isn't he who he says he is? Is he or isn't he who he says he is?