It’s De-Lovely

Lyrics

[BILLY] The night is young, the skies are clear And if you wanna go walking, 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 you, just say to me "It's delightful, it's delicious It's delectable, it's delirious It's dilemma, it's delimit, it's deluxe It's de-lovely" [HOPE] 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 [BILLY] This verse you've started seems to me The tinpantithesis of melody So spare me, please, the pain Just skip the damn thing and sing the refrain [HOPE] Mi, mi, mi, mi Re, re, re, re Do, sol, mi, do, la, si The night is young, the skies are clear And if you want to go walking, 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 [BOTH] "Let yourself go" So please be sweet, my chickadee And when I kiss you, just say to me [HOPE] It's divine, dear [BILLY] It's de-vene, dear [HOPE] It's de-wunderbar [BILLY] It's de-victory [BOTH] It's de-velop It's de-vinner It's de-voix It's de-lovely [Dance interlude.] [BILLY] So please be sweet, my chickadee And when I kiss you, just say to me "It's delightful, it's delicious It's..." [They kiss.] [BOTH] It's de-lovely