You're The Top

by Louis Armstrong

From the album: I've Got the World on a String

Track 2 of 10 on I've Got the World on a String (1960).

Duration: 2:33

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Lyrics for You're The Top

At words poetic, I'm so pathetic That I always found it best Instead of getting 'em off my chest To let 'em rest, unexpressed I hate parading serenading As I'll probably missed 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 Louvre 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 Mamma, 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 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 Crosby's salary You're cellophane Mamma, you're sublime You're a turkey dinner Oh you're 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

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