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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Barbra Streisand
Performer
Ryan O'Neal
Additional Vocals
Artie Butler
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
C. Porter
Composer
Artie Butler
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Barbra Streisand
Producer
Artie Butler
Producer
Martin Erlichman
Producer
John Arrias
Engineer
Debbie Johnson
Additional Engineer
Frank Dookun
Additional Engineer
Scott Ralston
Mixing Engineer
Gilberto "Gil" Morales
Mixing Engineer
Bernie Grundman
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
At words poetic I'm so pathetic that I always have found it best
Instead of getting it 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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
You're a Bendel Bonnet, a Shakespeare 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
[Verse 4]
You're the top, you're Mahatma Ghandi
You're the top, you are 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
[Verse 5]
You are sublime, you're a turkey dinner
You're the time, the time of the derby winner
I'm a toy balloon that is fated soon to pop
But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
[Verse 6]
Steve, there is something I gotta tell ya
What is it Judy?
Well, um, you're the top
I am?
You're a Waldorf salad
Oh, no, no, let me say it
You're the top
Me too?
That's right
You're a Berlin ballad
Oh, that's nice, you're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire
Actually I don't dance very well
You are an O'Neill drama
You're whistlers mother
Mamma
Sorry
You're Camembert
Camembert?
[Verse 7]
Let's see, you're a rose
Um, that is sweet, you're inferno's Dante
That's a very intellectual reference
You're the nose, I mean, I mean, well
Watch it, what, what, what, what, what?
On the great Durante
That's better, I'm a lazy lout who is just about to storm
Let's not storm
[Verse 8]
But if baby, I'm the bottom
She's the one for me
And I've got him, 'cause if baby, I'm the bottom
You're the top
Written by: C. Porter