Better, better, better
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 you 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
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 any thing except
Oh, being in love
Oh, so good
Better than Lucy and Dizzy
Better than Roots, Sixty Sticks
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
Bet ter than movies late at night
Or watching Al Griffith fight
It's better than anything except
being in love
Yeah, that's cool.
Elephants dancing,
clowns on parade
Better than peanuts and popcorn,
fresh lemonade
Better than rites on the midway,
better than seals blowing horns
Better than men shot from cannons
Better than fresh ears of corn
Better than balancing on wire
Watching tigers leap through fire
Better than anything ex cept
Oh, being in love
Mmm, be ing in love you