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