5-Perfectly Marvelous

SALLY BOWLES: 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 Simply tell them the truth and say, I met this perfectly marvelous girl, In this perfectly wonderful place, As I lifted the glass to the start of this marvelous year Before you knew would she call on the phone inviting Next moment I was no longer alone, but set reciting Some perfectly beautiful buzz In my charming American style How I dazzled the senses with truly no less than a guile Now I've this perfectly marvelous girl In my perfectly beautiful room And we're living together and having a marvelous time... CLIFF: Oh, Sally, I'm afraid it wouldn't work. You're much too distracting. SALLY: Distracting? No, inspiring! She tells me perfectly marvelous tales Of her prettily 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 That perfectly marvelous tool Is a perfect dream to be Just as still as a mouse fall I'm giving my novel a word Yes, I've the highly agreeable life In my perfectly beautiful room With my nearly invisible Perfectly marvelous girl. CLIFF: I met this truly remarkable girl In this really incredible town And she still fully managed to Talk away into my room SALLY: Oh, Cliff! CLIFF: I have a terrible feeling I said a dumb thing Besides I've only got one narrow bed... SALLY: We'll think of something! CLIFF: And now this wild unpredictable girl SALLY: And this perfectly beautiful man BOTH: We'll be living together And having a marvelous time!