| That I always have found it best
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| Instead of getting 'em off my chest
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| To let 'em rest unexpressed
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| I hate parading my serenading
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| As I’ll probably miss a bar
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| But if this ditty is not so pretty
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| But least it’ll tell you how great you are
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| You’re the top
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| You’re the Colosseum
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| You’re the top
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| You’re the Louvre Museum
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| You’re a melody
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| From a symphony by Strauss
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| You’re a Bendel bonnet
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| A Shakespeare sonnet
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| You’re Mickey Mouse
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| You’re the Nile
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| You’re the Tower of Pisa
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| You’re the smile
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| On the Mona Lisa
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| I’m a worthless check
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| A total wreck, a flop
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| You’re the top
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| Your words poetic are not pathetic
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| On the other hand, babe, you shine
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| And I can feel after every line
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| A thrill divine down my spine
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| Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans
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| Might think that your song is bad
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| But I got a notion I’ll second the motion
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| And this is what I’m going to add
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| You’re the top
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| You’re Mahatma Gandhi
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| You’re the top
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| You’re Napoleon Brandy
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| You’re the purple light
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| Of a summer night in Spain
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| You’re the National Gallery
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| You’re Garbo’s salary
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| You’re cellophane
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| You’re sublime
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| You’re a turkey dinner
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| You’re the time
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| Of the Derby winner
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| I’m a toy balloon
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| That’s fated soon to pop
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| You’re the top
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| You’re the top
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| You’re an arrow collar
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| You’re the top
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| You’re a Coolidge dollar
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| You’re the nimble tread
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| Of the feet of Fred Astaire
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| You’re an O’Neill drama
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| You’re Whistler’s mama
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| You’re Camembert
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| You’re a rose
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| You’re Inferno’s Dante
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| You’re the nose
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| On the great Durante
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| I’m just in a way
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| As the French would say, «de trop»
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| You’re the top
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| You’re the top
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| You’re a dance in Bali
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| You’re the top
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| You’re a hot tamale
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| You’re an angel, you
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| Simply too, too, too diveen
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| You’re a Boticcelli
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| You’re Keats
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| You’re Shelly
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| You’re Ovaltine
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| You’re a boon
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| You’re the dam at Boulder
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| You’re the moon
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| Over Mae West’s shoulder
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| I’m the nominee of the G.O.P
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| Or GOP
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| You’re the top
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| You’re the top
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| You’re my Swanee River
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| You’re the top
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| You’re a goose’s liver
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| You’re the baby grand
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| Of a lady and a gent
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| You’re a dress from Saxes
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| You’re next year’s taxes
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| You’re Pepsodent
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| You’re a prize
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| You’re a night at Coney
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| You’re the eyes
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| Of Irene Bordoni
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| I’m a frightened frog
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| That can find no log to hop
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| You’re the top
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| You’re the top
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| You’re a Waldorf salad
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| You’re the top
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| You’re a Berlin ballad
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| You’re the boats that glide
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| On the sleepy Zuiderzee
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| You’re an old Dutch master
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| You’re Lady Astor
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| You’re broccoli
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| You’re romance
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| You’re the steppes of Russia
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| You’re the pants
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| On a Roxy usher
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| I’m a broken doll
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| A folderol
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| A blop
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| But if, baby, I’m the bottom
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| You’re the top |