Err, Cliff if you don't mind
I would like to withdraw the question
'Cos, well, really it's none of mine business
I think that people are people
I really do, don't you Cliff?
I don't think they should have to explain a thing
For example, if I paint my fingernails green
And well, it happens that I do paint them green
Someone 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 one day
You've two alternatives
You can either say
"Oh yes, we're living in delicious sin"
Or you can simply tell them the truth and say
I met this perfectly marvellous girl
In this perfectly wonderful place
As I lifted a glass to the start of a marvellous year
Before, I knew it, she called on the phone
Inviting
Next moment, I was no longer alone
But sat reciting
Some perfectly beautiful verse
In my charming American style
How I dazzled her senses
Is truly no less than a crime
Yes!
I've this perfectly marvellous girl
In my perfectly beautiful room
And we're living together
And having a marvellous time!
Okay, um Sally, I'm afraid it wouldn't work
You're much too distracting
Distracting?
Heehee, no
Inspiring!
She tells me
Perfectly marvellous tales
Of her thrilling scandalous life
Which I'll probably use
As a chapter or two in my book
And since my stay in Berlin was to force
A 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
While I'm giving my novel a whirl
Yes!
I have a highly agreeable life
In my perfectly beautiful room
With my nearly invisible, perfectly marvellous girl
Okay, Sally, I just can't afford to it
Do you have any money?
Yes, six marks!
Oh god!
No, oh, Cliff, Cliff please just for a night or two, please
I met this truly remarkable girl
In this, really incredible town
And she skillfully managed to talk her way into my room
Oh, Cliff!
I have a terrible feeling, I said
A dumb thing
Besides I've only got one narrow bed
We'll think of something