Sutton Foster - You're the Top Lyrics
*Spoken*You think some t-bag can compete with you? You think he's got one tiny fraction of your brains? Your looks? Your...*Sing*At words poetic, I'm so patheticThat I always have found it best,Instead of getting 'em off my chest,To let 'em rest unexpressed,I hate parading my serenadingAs I'll probably miss a bar,But if this ditty is not so prettyBut least it'll tell youHow great you are.You're the top!You're the Colosseum.You're the top!You're the Louvre Museum.You're a melody from a symphony by StraussYou're a Bendel bonnet,A Shakespeare's sonnet,You're Mickey Mouse.You're the Nile,You're the Tower of Pisa,You're the smile on the Mona LisaI'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop!But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top![BILLY]Your words poetic are not pathetic.On the other hand, babe, you shine,And I can feel after every lineA thrill divineDown my spine.Now gifted humans like Vincent YoumansMight think that your song is bad,But I got a notionI'll second the motionAnd this is what I'm going to add;You're the top!You're Mahatma Gandhi.You're the top!You're Napoleon Brandy.You're the purple lightOf a summer night in Spain,You're the National GalleryYou're Garbo's salary,You're cellophane.You're sublime,You're turkey dinner,You're the time, the time of a Derby winnerI'm a toy balloon that is fated soon to popBut if, baby, I'm the bottom,You're the top![RENO]You're the top!You're an arrow collarYou're the top!You're a Coolidge dollar,You're the nimble treadOf the feet of Fred Astaire,You're an O'Neill drama,[BILLY]You're Whistler's mama,[RENO]You're camembert.[BILLY]You're a rose,You're Inferno's Dante,[RENO]You're the nose, on the great Durante.I'm just in a way,As the French would say, "de trop".But if, baby, I'm the bottom,You're the top![BILLY]You're the top!You're a dance in Bali.You're the top!You're a hot tamale.You're an angel, you,Simply too, too, too diveen,You're a Boticcelli,You're Keats,[RENO]You're Shelly,[BILLY]You're Ovaltine.[RENO]You're a boon,You're the dam at Boulder![BILLY]You're the moon,Over Mae West's shoulder,I'm the nominee of the G.O.P.[RENO]Or GOP![BILLY]But if, baby, I'm the bottom,[RENO]But if, baby, I'm the bottom,[BOTH]But if, baby, I'm the bottom,You're the top![BILLY]You're the top!You're my Swanee river![RENO]You're the top!You're a goose's liver![BILLY]You're the baby grande of a Lady,and a Gent.[RENO]You're a dress from Saxes,You're next years taxes,[BILLY]You're Pepsi-dent![RENO]You're a prize,You're a night at Coney![BILLY]You're the eyes of Irene Bordoni.[RENO]I'm a frightened frog,that can find no log to hop![BOTH]But if, baby, I'm the bottom,you're the top![RENO]You're the top,You're a Waldorf salad.[BILLY]You're the top!You're a Berlin ballad.[RENO]You're the boats that glideOn the sleepy Zuider Zee,You're an old Dutch master,[BILLY]You're Lady Astor,[RENO]You're broccoli.[BILLY]You're romance,You're the steppes of Russia,[RENO]You're the pants on a Roxy usher,I'm a broken doll,[BILLY]A fol-de-rol,[BOTH]a blop![RENO]But if, baby, I'm the bottom,[BILLY]But if, baby, I'm the bottom,[BOTH]But if, baby, I'm the bottom,You're the top!
