| That I always have found it best, | 
| Instead of getting 'em off my chest, | 
| To let 'em rest unexpressed, | 
| I hate parading my serenading | 
| As I’ll probably miss a bar, | 
| But if this ditty is not so pretty | 
| At least it’ll tell you | 
| How great you are. | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the Coliseum. | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the Louver Museum. | 
| You’re a melody from a symphony by Strauss | 
| You’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 Lisa | 
| I’m a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop, | 
| But if, baby, I’m the bottom you’re the top! | 
| Your words poetic are not pathetic. | 
| On the other hand, babe, you shine, | 
| And I can feel after every line | 
| A thrill divine | 
| Down my spine. | 
| Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans | 
| Might think that your song is bad, | 
| But I got a notion | 
| I’ll second the motion | 
| And 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 light | 
| Of a summer night in Spain, | 
| You’re the National Gallery | 
| You’re Garbo’s salary, | 
| You’re cellophane. | 
| You’re sublime, | 
| You’re turkey dinner, | 
| You’re the time, the time of a Derby winner | 
| I’m a toy balloon that’s fated soon to pop | 
| But if, baby, I’m the bottom, | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re an arrow collar | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Coolidge dollar, | 
| You’re the nimble tread | 
| Of the feet of Fred Astaire, | 
| You’re an O’Neill drama, | 
| You’re Whistler’s mama! | 
| You’re camembert. | 
| You’re a rose, | 
| You’re Inferno’s Dante, | 
| 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! | 
| 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, | 
| You’re Shelly! | 
| You’re Ovaltine! | 
| You’re a boom, | 
| You’re the dam at Boulder, | 
| You’re the moon, | 
| Over Mae West’s shoulder, | 
| I’m the nominee of the G.O.P. | 
| Or GOP! | 
| But if, baby, I’m the bottom, | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Waldorf salad. | 
| You’re the top! | 
| You’re a Berlin ballad. | 
| You’re the boats that glide | 
| On the sleepy Zuider Zee, | 
| You’re an old Dutch master, | 
| You’re Lady Astor, | 
| You’re broccoli! | 
| You’re romance, | 
| You’re the steppes of Russia, | 
| You’re the pants, on a Roxy usher, | 
| I’m a broken doll, a fol-de-rol, a blop, | 
| But if, baby, I’m the bottom, | 
| You’re the top! |