Perfectly Marvellous

I think people are perfectly marvellous, I really do, Cliff. Don't you? I don't think people should have to explain anything. For example, if I should paint my fingernails green and it just so happens I do paint them green, well, if anyone Should ask me why, I say: " I think it's pretty!" ("I think It's pretty," I reply.) So, if anyone should ask about you And me, you have two alternatives: you can either say, "Oh, yes, it's true. We're living in delicious sin." Or You can simple tell the truth, and say: I met this perfectly marvellous girl In this perfectly wonderful place As I lifted a glass To the start of a marvellous year. Before I knew she called on the phone, Inviting. Next moment I was no longer alone, But sat reciting Some perfectly beautiful verse, In my charming Amearican style. How I dazzled her senses Was truly no less than a crime. Now I've this perfectly marvelous girl In my perfectly beautiful room And we're living together And having a marvellous time. Sally, I'm afraid this wouldn't work out. You're much Too distracting. Distracting? No, inspiring! She tell me perfectly marvellous tales Of her thrillingly scandalous life Which I'll probably use As a chapter or two in my book. And since my stay in Berlin was to force Creation, What luck to fall on a fabulous source Of stimulation. And perfectly marvellous, too, Is her perfect agreement to be Just as still as a mouse When I'm giving my novel a whirl. Yes, I've a highly agreeable life In my perfectly beautiful room With my nearly invisible, Perfectly marvellous, girl. Sally- I just can't afford... Do you have any money? A few marks... Six! Oh, God! Oh, please, Cliff- just for a day or two? Please! I... met... this... Truly remarkable girl In this really incredible town, And she skillfully managed To talk her way in to my room. Oh, Cliff! I have a terrible feeling I've said A dumb thing. Beside, I've only got one narrow bed. We'll think of something. And now this wild, unpredictable girl And this perfectly beautiful man Will be living together and having a marvelous time