Better Than Anything

Better than sailing at midnight
Better than diving for pearls
Better than skiing at Aspen
Better than feeding the squirrels
Better than finding a horseshoe
Better than losing your head
Better than anything thought of
Better than anything said
Better than singing right out loud
Or being spotted in a crowd
Better than anything except being in love
We talk about, being in love.

Better than four sets of Dizzy
Better than Count Basie's band
Better than Rollins and Coltrane
Better than being on the stand
Better than Ella Fitzgerald
Better than Miles' latest news.

Better than Bill Evans' ballads
Better than Joe Williams' blues
Better than hearing Lady Day
Or checking in at Monterey
Better than anything except being in love
We talk about, being in love.

Better than Lucy and Desi
Better than Route 66
Better than Kildare and Casey
Better than quiz shows all fixed
Better than Huntley and Brinkley
Better than Singing with Mitch
Better than Hitchcock and Karloff
Better than clicking the switch
Better than movies late at night, or watching Emile Griffith fight
Better than anything, except being in love.

Elephants dancing
Clowns on parade
Better than peanuts and popcorn
Fresh lemonade
Better than rides on the midway
Better than seals blowing horns
Better than men shot from cannons
Better than fresh ears of corn
Better than balancing a wire
Or watching tigers leap through fire
Better than anything except being in love.