Best Things
The earth is pure muck
Muck's a good thing
And oozing with mud
Mud is just fine
It's drownin' in bog
Bog is good luck
And crawlin' with crud
Crud's a good sign
The poor, they got hope
The rich can buy soap
The rainbows, they got a pot of
And I, ain't got a spot of
A few feet down, there's a lot of
Just waitin' to buy, tobacco and rye
From now till I die
The best things in life are dirty
And nothing in life is...
Better to owe than dab in gold
The best things in life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold
There's more than just gold
Gold is enough
That's buried below
Beautiful gold
There's seed in the ground
Lovable gold
Just waitin' to grow
Spendable gold
A man has his creed
And mine is all greed
Well bite that bogey 'en hound dog
And gold I ain't got an ounze of
Below there's endless amounts of
Just dirty ol' trash
That turns in a flash
To dirty ol' cash
The best things in life are dirty
The worst thing in life is...
Wakin' up clean, without a bean
The best things in life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold,
The best things in life are dirty
The worst thing in life is...
Being content, without a cent
The best things is life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold, gold
Stinkin', rotten, chunks of
Grimy, slimy, lousy, lovely
Gold
Muck's a good thing
And oozing with mud
Mud is just fine
It's drownin' in bog
Bog is good luck
And crawlin' with crud
Crud's a good sign
The poor, they got hope
The rich can buy soap
The rainbows, they got a pot of
And I, ain't got a spot of
A few feet down, there's a lot of
Just waitin' to buy, tobacco and rye
From now till I die
The best things in life are dirty
And nothing in life is...
Better to owe than dab in gold
The best things in life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold
There's more than just gold
Gold is enough
That's buried below
Beautiful gold
There's seed in the ground
Lovable gold
Just waitin' to grow
Spendable gold
A man has his creed
And mine is all greed
Well bite that bogey 'en hound dog
And gold I ain't got an ounze of
Below there's endless amounts of
Just dirty ol' trash
That turns in a flash
To dirty ol' cash
The best things in life are dirty
The worst thing in life is...
Wakin' up clean, without a bean
The best things in life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold,
The best things in life are dirty
The worst thing in life is...
Being content, without a cent
The best things is life are filthy dirty
Hunks of gold, gold, gold, gold
Stinkin', rotten, chunks of
Grimy, slimy, lousy, lovely
Gold
Credits
Writer(s): Andre G. Previn, Alan Jay Lerner
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