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gregg edelman & maria friedman – perfectly marvellous lyrics

[sally, spoken]
this is your novel! it’s in german. mein kampf.

[cliff, spoken]
it’s not my novel.
i thought i should know something about german politics.

[sally, spoken]
why? you’re an american.
you know, i’ve never known a novelist.
will i be allowed to watch you work?
i promise to be incredibly quiet.

[cliff, spoken]
i don’t think i can write with someone else on the premises.

[sally, spoken]
oh, but i’m hardly noticeable! really!

[cliff, spoken]
and there’s another thing. i’m not a prude. at least i don’t think i’m a prude.
no, no, i’ve got work to do.
i could never explain this arrangement. it’s too peculiar.

[sally, spoken]
peculiar? no, not in the least.
i think people are people, i really do, cliff. don’t you?
i don’t think they should be made to apologize for anything they do.
for example, if i paint my fingernails green
and it happens that i do paint them green
well, if someone should ask me why i think it’s pretty
“i think it’s pretty,” that’s what i reply.
so if anyone should ask you about me one day
you have two alternatives:
you can either say
“yes, it’s true, we are living in delicious sin”
or you can simply tell them the truth and say:
[sally]
i met this perfectly marvelous girl
in this perfectly wonderful place
as i lifted a glass to the start of a marvelous year
before you 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 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 marvelous time

[cliff, spoken]
sally, i’m afraid it wouldn’t work. you’re much too distracting.

[sally, spoken]
distracting? no, inspiring!

[sally]
she tells me perfectly marvelous 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 marvelous too
is her perfect agreement to be
just as still as a mouse while i’m giving my novel a whirl
yes, i’ve a highly agreeable life
in my perfectly beautiful room
with my nearly invisible, perfectly marvelous girl

[sally, spoken]
oh, it’s the taxi man. h+llo, taxi man.
just put them anywhere, i’ll unpack later.
oh, things do accumulate. i’ll throw most of it away tomorrow, i promise.
one, two, three, four, five.
oh, there’s really not much point in counting.
i never remember how many they’re supposed to be.
could you let me have three marks? that includes the tip.
thank you.
so quite seriously, cliff. please, may i stay?

[cliff, spoken]
sally, i can’t afford—

[sally, spoken]
only for a day or two. please?

[cliff]
i met this
truly remarkable girl
in this really incredible town
and she sk!llfully managed to talk her way into my room
[sally, spoken]
oh, cliff!

[cliff]
i have a terrible feeling i’ve said
a dumb thing
besides, i’ve only got one narrow bed

[sally]
we’ll think of something

[cliff]
and now this wild, unpredictable girl

[sally]
and this perfectly beautiful man

[sally & cliff]
will be living together and having a marvelous time!

- gregg edelman maria friedman lyrics

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