[SALLY (spoken)]
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I think people are perfectly marvellous, I really do, Cliff.
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Don't you? I don't think people should have to explain
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anything. For example, if I should paint my fingernails green
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and it just so happens I do paint them green, well, if anyone
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should ask me why, I say: " I think it's pretty!" ("I think
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it's pretty," I reply.) So, if anyone should ask about you
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and me, you have two alternatives: you can either say,
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"Oh, yes, it's true. We're living in delicious sin." Or
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you can simple tell the truth, and say:
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I met this perfectly marvellous girl
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In this perfectly wonderful place
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As I lifted a glass
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To the start of a marvellous year.
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Before I knew she called on the phone,
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Inviting.
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Next moment I was no longer alone,
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But sat reciting
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Some perfectly beautiful verse,
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In my charming Amearican style.
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How I dazzled her senses
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Was truly no less than a crime.
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Now I've this perfectly marvelous girl
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In my perfectly beautiful room
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And we're living together
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And having a marvellous time.
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[CLIFF (spoken)]
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Sally, I'm afraid this wouldn't work out. You're much
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too distracting.
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[SALLY (spoken)]
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Distracting? No, inspiring!
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She tell me perfectly marvellous tales
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Of her thrillingly scandalous life
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Which I'll probably use
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As a chapter or two in my book.
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And since my stay in Berlin was to force
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Creation,
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What luck to fall on a fabulous source
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Of stimulation.
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And perfectly marvellous, too,
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Is her perfect agreement to be
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Just as still as a mouse
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When I'm giving my novel a whirl.
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Yes, I've a highly agreeable life
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In my perfectly beautiful room
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With my nearly invisible,
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Perfectly marvellous, girl.
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[CLIFF (spoken)]
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Sally- I just can't afford... Do you have any money?
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[SALLY]
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A few marks... Six!
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[CLIFF]
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Oh, God!
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[SALLY]
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Oh, please, Cliff- just for a day or two? Please!
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[CLIFF]
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I... met... this...
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Truly remarkable girl
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In this really incredible town,
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And she skillfully managed
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To talk her way in to my room.
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[SALLY]
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Oh, Cliff!
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[CLIFF]
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I have a terrible feeling I've said
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A dumb thing.
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Beside, I've only got one narrow bed.
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[SALLY]
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We'll think of something.
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Perfectly Marvelous
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| Various Artists |
