Lyrics:

Cliff if, if you don't mind, I would like to withdraw the question
'Cause, well, really it's none of mine business
I think people are people
I really do, Cliff, don't you?
I don't think they should have to explain a thing
For example, if I paint my fingernails green
And well, it happens that I do paint them green
If someone 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 one day
You've two alternatives
You can either say, 'Oh yes, we're living in delicious sin'
Or you can simply tell them 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 I 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 is truly no less than a crime, yes!
I've this perfectly marvellous girl in my perfectly beautiful room
And we're living together, and having a marvellous time!
(Okay, uhm, Sally, I'm afraid it wouldn't work)
(You're much too distracting)
Distracting? No, inspiring!
She tells 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 a 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 while I'm giving my novel a whirl, yes!
I have a highly agreeable life in my perfectly beautiful room
With my nearly invisible, perfectly marvellous girl
(Okay, Sally, I just can't afford to it)
(Do you have any money?)
Yes, six marks!
(Oh god!)
No, oh, Cliff, Cliff, please just for a night or two, please
I met this truly remarkable girl in this really incredible town
And she skillfully managed to talk her way into my room (oh, Cliff!)
I have a terrible feeling I said a dumb thing
Besides, I've only got one narrow bed
(We'll think of something)