Cole Porter
You’re the Top
[LEROY]
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
[HIRAM & LEROY]
At least it'll tell you how great you are
[HIRAM]
You're the top! Leroy
You're the Coliseum
[LEROY]
You're the top! Oh, baby
You're the Louvre Museum
You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss!
[HIRAM]
You're a Bendel bonnet
[LEROY]
A Shakespeare's sonnet
You're Mickey Mouse! (hahahahaha!)
[HIRAM]
You're the Nile
[LEROY]
You're the Tower of Pisa
[HIRAM]
You're the smile
[LEROY]
On the Mona Lisa
I'm a worthless check
[HIRAM]
A total wreck
[HIRAM & LEROY]
A flop!
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!
[HIRAM]
You're the top, Leroy!
[LEROY]
You're Mahatma Gandhi, Hiram!
[HIRAM]
You're the top!
[LEROY]
You're Napoleon Brandy
[HIRAM & LEROY]
You're the purple light
Of a summer night in Spain
[LEROY]
You're the National Gallery
[HIRAM]
You're Garbo's salary
[HIRAM & LEROY]
You're cellophane!
[HIRAM]
You're sublime
[LEROY]
You're a turkey dinner!
[HIRAM]
You're the time
[LEROY]
Of a Derby winner!
I'm a toy balloon that’s fated soon to pop!
[HIRAM & LEROY]
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
You're the top!
You're the top!
[LEROY]
You're an arrow collar
[HIRAM]
Leroy, You're the top!
You're a Coolidge dollar
[HIRAM & LEROY]
You're the nimble tread
Of the feet of Fred Astaire
[LEROY]
You're an O'Neill drama
[HIRAM]
You're Whistler's mama!
[LEROY]
You're camembert
[HIRAM]
You're a rose
You're Inferno's Dante
[LEROY]
You're the nose
On the great Durante
[HIRAM]
I'm just in the way
As the French would say
[HIRAM & LEROY]
"De trop"!
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
You're the top!
[LEROY]
You're a Waldorf salad
[HIRAM]
You're just the top!
You're a Berlin ballad
[LEROY]
You're the boats that glide
On the sleepy Zuider Zee
[HIRAM]
You're an old Dutch master
[LEROY]
You're Lady Astor
[HIRAM]
Baby, you're broccoli!
[LEROY]
You're romance
You're the steppes of Russia
[HIRAM]
You're the pants, (Purr), on a Roxy usher
[HIRAM & LEROY]
I'm a broken doll, a fol-de-rol, a blop
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
You're the top