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Perfectly Marvelous
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Soundtrack
Perfectly Marvelous was released on January 1, 1966 by Masterworks Broadway as a part of the album Cabaret (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1966
LabelMasterworks Broadway
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM81

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jill Haworth
Jill Haworth
Vocals
Bert Convy
Bert Convy
Vocals
Cabaret Original Broadway Cast
Cabaret Original Broadway Cast
Performer
Cabaret Orchestra (1998)
Cabaret Orchestra (1998)
Orchestra
Harold Hastings
Harold Hastings
Music Director
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Jack Gilford
Jack Gilford
Vocals
Joel Grey
Joel Grey
Vocals
Lotte Lenya
Lotte Lenya
Vocals
Mary Ehara
Mary Ehara
Vocals
Rita O'Connor
Rita O'Connor
Vocals
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joe Masteroff
Joe Masteroff
Book
John Kander
John Kander
Composer
Fred Ebb
Fred Ebb
Lyrics
Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood
Based on the Work of
John Van Druten
John Van Druten
Based on the Work of
Don Walker
Don Walker
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Goddard Lieberson
Goddard Lieberson
Producer

Lyrics

If anyone should ask you about me one day, Cliff
You have two alternatives:
You can either say, "Yes, it's true, we're living in delicious sin"
Or you can simple tell them the truth, and say
I met this perfectly marvelous girl
In this perfectly wonderful place
As I lifted a glass to the start of a marvelous year
Before you knew it she called on the phone, inviting
Next moment I was no longer alone
But sat reciting
Some perfectly beautiful verse
In my charming American 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 marvelous time
Ah Sally, I'm afraid it wouldn't work
You're much too distracting
Distracting? No, inspiring!
She tells me perfectly marvelous 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 marvelous too
Is her perfect agreement to be
Just as still as a mouse while I'm giving my novel a whirl
Yes, I've a highly agreeable life
In my perfectly beautiful room
With my nearly invisible, perfectly marvelous girl
I met this
Truly remarkable girl
In this really incredible town
And she skillfully managed to talk her way into 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 life!
Written by: Fred Ebb, John Kander
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