Better Than Anything

Better than sailing at midnight

Better than diving for pearls

Better than skiing at Aspen and

Better than feeding the squirrels

Better than finding a horseshoe

Better than losing your head

Better than anything thought of and

Better than anything said

Better than singing right out loud

Or being spotted in a crowd

Better than anything, except being in love

We're talking 'bout being in love

Better than four sets of Dizzy

Better than Count Basie's band

Better than Rollins and Coltrane and

Better than being on the stand

Better than Ella Fitzgerald

Better than Miles' latest news

Better than Bill Evans' ballads

Better than Joe Williams' blues

Better than hearing Lady Day

Or checking in at Monterey

Better than anything, except being in love

We're talking 'bout being in love

Better than Lucy and Desi

It's better than Route 66

Better than Killdeer and Casey and

Better than quiz shows, all fixed

Better than Huntley and Brinkley

And Singing with Mitch

Better than Hitchcock and Karloff

And clicking the switch

Better than movies late at night

Or watching Emile Griffith fight

Better than anything, except being in love

Elephants dancing

Clowns on parade

Better than peanuts and popcorn

And fresh lemonade

Better than rides on the midway

And seals blowing horns

Better than men shot from cannons

And fresh ears of corn

Better than balancing on wire

Or watching tigers leap through fire

Better than anything except being in love, say now

Being in love

Better than hearing Lady Day

Or checking in at Monterey

Better than anything, except being in love

Better than anything, except being in love

Better than anything, except being in love

Better than anything, except being in love