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So, if anyone should ask about you
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About me one day, Cliff, you have two alternatives

You can either say
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"Oh, yes, it's true. We're living in delicious sin." Or
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You can simple tell them the truth, and say

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I met this perfectly marvellous girl
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In this perfectly wonderful place
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As I lifted a glass
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To the start of a marvellous year
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Before you knew she called on the phone
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Inviting
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Next moment I was no longer alone
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But sat reciting
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Some perfectly beautiful verse
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In my charming American style
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How I dazzled her senses
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Was truly no less than a crime

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Now I've this perfectly marvelous girl
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In my perfectly beautiful room
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And we're living together
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And having a marvellous time

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Sally, I'm afraid this wouldn't work out. You're much
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Too distracting

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Distracting? No, inspiring!

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She tells me perfectly marvellous tales
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Of her thrillingly scandalous life
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Which I'll probably use
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As a chapter or two in my book

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And since my stay in Berlin was to force
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Creation
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What luck to fall on a fabulous source
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Of stimulation
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And perfectly marvellous, too
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Is her perfect agreement to be
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Just as still as a mouse
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When I'm giving my novel a whirl

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Yes, I've a highly agreeable life
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In my perfectly beautiful room
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With my nearly invisible
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Perfectly marvellous, girl

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I... met... this
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Truly remarkable girl
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In this really incredible town
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And she skillfully managed
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To talk her way in to my room

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Oh, Cliff!

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I have a terrible feeling I've said
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A dumb thing
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Beside, I've only got one narrow bed

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We'll think of something

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And now this wild unpredictable girl
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And this perfectly beautiful man
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Will be living together and having a marvelous time