At words poetic, I'm so pathetic
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 Coliseum.
You're the top!
You're the Louvre Museum.
You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss
You're a Bendel bonnet,
A Shakespeare's sonnet,
You're Mickey Mouse.
You're the Nile,
You're the Tower 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, babe, you shine,
And I can feel after every line
A thrill divinening
Down my spine.
Now gifted humans like Divya Singh
Might think that your song is bad,
But I got a notion
I'll second the motion
And this is what I'm going to add;
You're the top!
You're Mahatma Gandhi.
You're the top!
You're Napoleon Brandy.
You're the purple light
Of a summer night in Spain,
You're the National Gallery
You're Garbo's salary,
You're cellophane.
You're sublime,
You're turkey dinner,
You're the time, the time of a Derby winner
I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop
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 Sarita Rahman,
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 nose
On the great Durante.
I'm just in a 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 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 Boticcelli,
You're Keats,
You're Shelly!
You're Ovaltine!
You're a boom,
You're the dam at Boulder,
You're the moon,
Over Mae West's shoulder,
I'm the 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 a Waldorf salad.
You're the top!
You're a Berlin ballad.
You're the boats that glide
On the sleepy Zuider Zee,
You're an old Dutch master,
You're Lady Astor,
You're a hollie
You're a bogan,
You're the steppes of Russia,
You're the pants, on a Roxy usher,
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
Cole Porter
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Lyrics by Cole Porter
A Picture of Me Without You All of You All Through the Night Always True To You Anything Goes Anything Goes [*] At Long Last Love Be a Clown Begin the Beguine Begin the Beguine Begin the Beguine [From Broadway Melody of 1940] Blow, Gabriel, Blow Broadway Rhythm [From Broadway Melody of 1936] Brush Up Your Shakespeare C'est magnifique Coffee Time [From Yolanda and the Thief] Do I Love You? Don't Fence Me In Down In The Depths (On The Ninetieth Floor)- Balla... Down In The Depths (On The Ninetieth… Down In The Depths (On The Ninetieth… Easy to Love Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Friendship from This Moment On Get Out of Town I Concentrate On You I Concentrate on You [From Broadway Melody of 1940... I Get a Kick Out of You I Got Rhythm [DVD][*] I Hate Men I Love Paris I Love You I've Got My Eyes On You I've Got You Under My Skin In the Still of the Night It's All Right With Me It's De-lovely Just One of Those Things Just One of Those Things Let's Do It Let's Do It - Let's Fall In Love Let\'s Do It Let's Do It Love for Sale Miss Otis Regrets My Heart Belongs to Daddy Night and Day Paris Loves Lovers Rosalie So In Love So in Love (reprise) The Physician Too Darn Hot True Love Under My Skin Way Down Yonder in New Orleans [DVD][*] Well Did You Evah! Well Did You Evah? What is This Thing Called L What Is This Thing Called Love What Is This Thing Called Love? When My Sugar Walks Down the Streets [DVD][*] Where Is The Life That Late I Led? Why Can't You Behave Why Can't You Behave? Why Can't You Behave? Why Shouldn't I? You Do Something to Me You're Sensational You're The Top You\'re The Top Youre The Topcp
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