Perfectly Marvellous Lyrics - Singles - Cabaret

[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: 

I met this perfectly marvellous girl 

In this perfectly wonderful place 

As I lifted a glass 

To the start of a marvellous year. 

Before you knew 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 

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! 

She tell 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 skillfully 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.