| That I always have found it best | 
| Instead of getting 'em off my chest | 
| To let 'em rest unexpressed | 
| I hate parading my serenading | 
| As I’ll probably miss a bar | 
| But if this ditty is not so pretty | 
| At least it’ll tell you how great you are | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the Colosseum | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the Louvre Museum | 
| You’re a melody from a symphony by Strauss | 
| You’re a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeart sonnet | 
| You’re Mickey Mouse | 
| You’re the Nile, You’re the Tow’r of Pisa | 
| You’re the smile on the Mona Lisa | 
| I’m a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop | 
| But if, Baby, I’m the bottom | 
| You’re the top! | 
| Your words poetic are not pathetic | 
| On the other hand, boy, you shine | 
| And I can feel after every line | 
| A thrill divine down my spine | 
| Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans | 
| Might think that your song is bad | 
| But for a person who’s just rehearsin' | 
| Well I gotta say this my lad: | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re Mahatma Ghandi | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re Napolean brandy | 
| You’re the purple light of a summer night in Spain | 
| You’re the National Gall’ry, You’re Garbo’s sal’ry | 
| You’re cellophane | 
| You’re sublime, You’re a turkey dinner | 
| You’re the time of the Derby winner | 
| I’m a toy balloon that is fated soon to pop | 
| But if, Baby, I’m the bottom | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Ritz hot toddy | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Brewster body | 
| You’re the boats that glide on the sleepy Zuider Zee | 
| You’re a Nathan Panning, You’re Bishop Manning | 
| You’re broccoli | 
| You’re a prize, You’re a night at Coney | 
| You’re the eyes of Irene Bordoni | 
| I’m a broken doll, a fol-de-rol, a blop | 
| But if, Baby, I’m the bottom | 
| You’re the top | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re an Arrow collar | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Coolidge dollar | 
| You’re the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire | 
| You’re an O’Neill drama, You’re Whistler’s mama | 
| You’re Camembert | 
| You’re a rose, You’re Inferno’s Dante | 
| You’re the nost of the great Durante | 
| I’m just in the way, as the French would say | 
| «De trop,» | 
| But if, Baby, I’m the bottom | 
| You’re the top | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Waldorf salad | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Berlin ballad | 
| You’re a baby grand of a lady and a gent | 
| You’re an old dutch master, You’re Mrs. Aster | 
| You’re Pepsodent | 
| You’re romance, You’re the steppes of Russia | 
| You’re the pants on a Roxy usher | 
| I’m a lazy lout that’s just about to stop | 
| But if Baby, I’m the bottom | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a dance in Bali | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a hot tamale | 
| You’re an angel, you simply too, too, too diveen | 
| You’re a Botticelli, You’re Keats, You’re Shelley | 
| You’re Ovaltine | 
| You’re a boon, You’re the dam at Boulder | 
| You’re the moon over Mae West’s shoulder | 
| I’m a nominee of the G.O.P. | 
| or GOP | 
| But if, Baby, I’m the bottom | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the Tower of Babel | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the Whitney Stable | 
| By the River Rhine, You’re a sturdy stein of beer | 
| You’re a dress from Saks’s, You’re next year’s taxes,' | 
| You’re stratosphere | 
| You’re my thoist, You’re a Drumstick Lipstick | 
| You’re da foist in da Irish svipstick | 
| I’m a frightened frog that can find no log to hop | 
| But if, Baby, I’m the bottom | 
| You’re the top! |