Perfectly Marvelous lyrics

[SALLY, spoken]
I think people are people, I really do, Cliff. Don't you?
I don’t think people should have to explain anything
For example, if I should paint my fingernails green
And it just so happens I do paint them green
Well, if anyone 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
You have two alternatives:
You can either say
"Oh yes, it’s true, we're living in delicious sin"
Or you can simply tell 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 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
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 this wouldn't work out
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

[CLIFF, spoken]
Sally, I can't afford... Do you have any money?

[SALLY, spoken]
A few marks... uh... six?
[CLIFF, spoken]
Oh God

[SALLY, spoken]
Oh, please Cliff, just for a day or two, please?

[CLIFF]
I met this
Truly remarkable girl
In this really incredible town
And she skillfully managed
To talk her way into my room

[SALLY, spoken]
Oh, Cliff!

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

[SALLY]
We'll think of something