Perfectly Marvellous

Err, Cliff if you don't mind I would like to withdraw the question 'Cos, well, really it's none of mine business I think that people are people I really do, Cliff, don't you? I don't think they should have to explain a thing For example, if I paint my fingernails green And well, it happens that I do paint them green Someone 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 one day You've two alternatives You can either say "Oh yes, we're living in delicious sin" Or you can simply tell them 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 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 Is truly no less than a crime Yes! I've this perfectly marvellous girl In my perfectly beautiful room And we're living together And having a marvellous time! Okay, um Sally, I'm afraid it wouldn't work You're much too distracting Distracting? Heehee, no Inspiring! She tells 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 A 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 While I'm giving my novel a whirl Yes! I have a highly agreeable life In my perfectly beautiful room With my nearly invisible, perfectly marvellous girl Okay, Sally, I just can't afford to it Do you have any money? Yes, six marks! Oh god! No, oh, Cliff, Cliff please just for a night or two, please 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 said A dumb thing Besides I've only got one narrow bed We'll think of something