[02:29.00]At words poetic, I'm so pathetic
[02:29.00]That I always have found it best
[02:29.00]Instead of getting 'em off my chest
[02:29.00]To let 'em rest unexpressed
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]I hate parading my serenading
[02:29.00]As I'll probably miss a bar
[02:29.00]But if this ditty is not so pretty
[02:29.00]At least it'll tell you how great you are
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're the Coliseum
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're the Louver museum
[02:29.00]You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss
[02:29.00]You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare's sonnet
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're Mickey Mouse, you're the Nile
[02:29.00]You're the Tower of Pisa
[02:29.00]You're the smile on the Mona Lisa
[02:29.00]I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop
[02:29.00]But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]Your words poetic are not pathetic
[02:29.00]On the other hand, babe, you shine
[02:29.00]And I can feel after every line
[02:29.00]A thrill divine, down my spine
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans
[02:29.00]Might think that your song is bad
[02:29.00]But I got a notion, I'll second the motion
[02:29.00]And this is what I'm going to add
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're Mahatma Gandhi
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're Napoleon Brandy
[02:29.00]You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain
[02:29.00]You're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's salary
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're cellophane, you're sublime,
[02:29.00]You're turkey dinner
[02:29.00]You're the time, the time of a Derby winner
[02:29.00]I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop
[02:29.00]But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're an arrow collar
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're a Coolidge dollar
[02:29.00]You're the nimble tread
[02:29.00]Of the feet of Fred Astaire
[02:29.00]You're an O'Neill drama
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're Whistler's mama
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're Camembert
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're a rose
[02:29.00]You're Inferno's Dante
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're the nose on the great Durante
[02:29.00]I'm just in a way
[02:29.00]As the French would say, 'De trop'
[02:29.00]But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're a dance in Bali
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're a hot tamale
[02:29.00]You're an angel, you simply too, too, too diveen
[02:29.00]You're a Boticcelli, you're Keats
[02:29.00]You're Shelly
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're Ovaltine, you're a boom
[02:29.00]You're the dam at Boulder
[02:29.00]You're the moon
[02:29.00]Over Mae West's shoulder
[02:29.00]I'm the nominee of the G.O.P.
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]Or GOP
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're a Waldorf salad
[02:29.00]You're the top, you're a Berlin ballad
[02:29.00]You're the boats that glide
[02:29.00]On the sleepy Zuider Zee
[02:29.00]You're an old Dutch master
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]You're Lady Astor, you're broccoli
[02:29.00]You're romance
[02:29.00]You're the steppes of Russia
[02:29.00]You're the pants, on a Roxy usher
[02:29.00]I'm a broken doll, a fol, de, rol, a blop
[02:29.00]
[02:29.00]But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top