Key: F
Introduction:
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At words poetic, I'm so pathetic
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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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At least it'll tell you how great you are.
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You're the top! You're the Coliseum.
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You're the top! You're the Louvre Museum.
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You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss
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You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey Mouse.
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You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa,
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You're the smile on the Mona Lisa
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I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
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But if, baby, I'm the bottom 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've got a notion, I'll second the motion
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You're the top! You're Mahatma Gandhi.
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You're the top! You're Napoleon Brandy.
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You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain,
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You're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's salary, you're cellophane.
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You're sublime, you're turkey dinner,
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You're the time, of the Derby winner
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I'm a toy balloon thatâ??s fated soon to pop
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But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!
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F: You're the top! You're an arrow collar
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You're the top! You're a Coolidge dollar,
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You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire,
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You're an O'Neill drama! M:You're Whistler's mama! F:You're Camembert.
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M: You're a rose, you're Inferno's Dante,
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F: You're the nose on the great Durante.
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I'm just in a way, as the French would say, "de trop".
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But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!
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M: You're the top! You're a dance in Bali.
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You're the top! You're a hot tamale.
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You're an angel, you, simply too, too, too diveen,
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You're a Boticcelli, you're Keats! F:You're Shelly! M:You're Ovaltine!
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F: You're a boon, you're the dam at Boulder,
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M: You're the moon, over Mae West's shoulder,
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I'm the nomi-nee of the G. O. P. F:Or GOP!
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M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
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F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
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B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
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You're the top!
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M: You're the top! You're my Swanee river!
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F: You're the top! You're a goose's liver!
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M: You're the baby grande of a Lady, and a Gent.
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F:You're a dress from Saxes, you're next years taxes! M:You're Pepsi-dent!
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F: You're a prize, you're a night at Coney!
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M: You're the eyes of Irene Bordoni.
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F: I'm a frightened frog, that can find no log to hop!
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B:But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top!
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F: You're the top! You're a Waldorf salad.
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M: You're the top! You're a Berlin ballad.
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F: You're the boats that glide on the sleepy Zuider Zee,
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You're an old Dutch master! M:You're Lady Astor! F:You're broccoli!
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M: You're romance, you're the steppes of Russia,
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F: You're the pants on a Roxy usher,
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I'm a broken doll, M:A fol-de-rol, B:a blop!
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F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
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M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
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B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
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You're the top!