Stacey Kent - You're the Top lyrics

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 divine down my spine
Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans
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 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 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 Botticelli 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 GOP

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 broccoli!
You're romance 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!