De-Lovely

DE-LOVELY

I feel a sudden urge to sing
The kind of ditty that invokes the Spring
So, control your desire to curse
While I crucify the verse
This verse I've started seems to me
The "Tin Pan-tithesis" of melody
So to spare you all the pain
I'll skip the darn thing and sing the refrain

Mi, mi, mi, mi
Re, re, re, re,
Do, sol, mi, do, la, si

The night is young, the skies are clear
So if you want to go walkin', dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

You can tell at a glance
What a swell night this is for romance
You can hear, dear
Mother Nature murmuring low
'Let yourself go'

So please be sweet, my chickadee,
And when I kiss ya, just say to me
It's delightful, it's delicious,
It's delectable, it's delirious,
It's dilemma, it's de-limit,
It's de-luxe, it's de-lovely

Time marches on, and soon it's plain
You've won my heart and I've lost my brain.
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

Life seems so sweet that we decide
It's in the bag to get unified.
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

See the crowd in that church
See the proud parson plopped on it's perch
Get the sweet beat of the organ sealing our doom.
'Here goes the groom, boom!'

While they cheer and while they smile
As we go galloping down the aisle.
It's delightful, it's diveen, dear
It's de-wunderbar. It's de-victory
It's de-valoop. It's de-vinner
It's de-voiks. It's de-lovely.

The knot is tied and so we take
A few hours off to eat wedding cake.
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

It feels so fine to be the bride
And how's the groom?
Why, he's slightly fried.
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

To the pop of champagne off we hop
In our plush little plane,
'Till the bright light of the darkness cozily calls
'Niag'ra Falls'

All's well, my love, our day's complete
And what a beautiful bridal suite
It's de-reamy, it's de-rowsy
It's de-reverie, it's de-rhapsody
It's de-royal, it's de-limit, it's de-Ritz
It's de-lovely

We settle down as man and wife
To solve this riddle called married life.
It's delightful,
It's delicious
It's de-lovely