De-Lovely movie - You're The Top lyrics

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Song by Cole Porter<br /><br>

At words poetic, I'm so pathetic <br>

That I always have found it best, <br>

Instead of getting 'em off my chest, <br>

To let 'em rest unexpressed, <br>

I hate parading my serenading <br>

As I'll probably miss a bar, <br>

But if this ditty is not so pretty <br>

At least it'll tell you <br>

How great you are. <br>

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You're the top! <br>

You're the Coliseum. <br>

You're the top! <br>

You're the Louver Museum. <br>

You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss <br>

You're a Bendel bonnet, <br>

A Shakespeare's sonnet, <br>

You're Mickey Mouse. <br>

You're the Nile, <br>

You're the Tower of Pisa, <br>

You're the smile on the Mona Lisa <br>

I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop, <br>

But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top! <br>

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Your words poetic are not pathetic. <br>

On the other hand, babe, you shine, <br>

And I can feel after every line <br>

A thrill divine <br>

Down my spine. <br>

Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans <br>

Might think that your song is bad, <br>

But I got a notion <br>

I'll second the motion <br>

And this is what I'm going to add; <br>

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You're the top! <br>

You're Mahatma Gandhi. <br>

You're the top! <br>

You're Napoleon Brandy. <br>

You're the purple light <br>

Of a summer night in Spain, <br>

You're the National Gallery <br>

You're Garbo's salary, <br>

You're cellophane. <br>

You're sublime, <br>

You're turkey dinner, <br>

You're the time, the time of a Derby winner <br>

I'm a toy balloon that&#8217;s fated soon to pop <br>

But if, baby, I'm the bottom, <br>

You're the top! <br>

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You're the top! <br>

You're an arrow collar <br>

You're the top! <br>

You're a Coolidge dollar, <br>

You're the nimble tread <br>

Of the feet of Fred Astaire, <br>

You're an O'Neill drama, <br>

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You're Whistler's mama! <br>

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You're camembert. <br>

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You're a rose, <br>

You're Inferno's Dante, <br>

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You're the nose <br>

On the great Durante. <br>

I'm just in a way, <br>

As the French would say, "de trop". <br>

But if, baby, I'm the bottom, <br>

You're the top! <br>

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You're the top! <br>

You're a dance in Bali. <br>

You're the top! <br>

You're a hot tamale. <br>

You're an angel, you, <br>

Simply too, too, too diveen, <br>

You're a Boticcelli, <br>

You're Keats, <br>

You're Shelly! <br>

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You're Ovaltine! <br>

You're a boom, <br>

You're the dam at Boulder, <br>

You're the moon, <br>

Over Mae West's shoulder, <br>

I'm the nominee of the G.O.P. <br>

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Or GOP! <br>

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But if, baby, I'm the bottom, <br>

You're the top! <br>

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You're the top! <br>

You're a Waldorf salad. <br>

You're the top! <br>

You're a Berlin ballad. <br>

You're the boats that glide <br>

On the sleepy Zuider Zee, <br>

You're an old Dutch master, <br>

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You're Lady Astor, <br>

You're broccoli! <br>

You're romance, <br>

You're the steppes of Russia, <br>

You're the pants, on a Roxy usher, <br>

I'm a broken doll, a fol-de-rol, a blop, <br>

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But if, baby, I'm the bottom, <br>

You're the top!<br>

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