Elegance
 
Yes New York is really us
Barnaby and Cornelius
All the guests of Mr. Hackl
Are feelin' great and look spectacular
What a knack there is to that
Actin' like a born aristocrat
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never, ever carry it off
 
All who are well-bred agree
Minnie Fay has pedigree
Exercise your wildest whims tonight
We are out with Diamond Jims tonight
Could they be misleading us
Silver spoons were used for feeding us
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never, ever carry it off
 
Snobs that slobs throw roses at
We look down our noses at
Pity all the other girls around
When I swing my perfect pearls around
Snubbing folks is chic to us
Sometimes we don't even speak to us
If you ain't got elegance
You can never, ever carry it off
 
Middle class, don't speak of it
Savoir-faire, we reek of it
Some were born with rags and patches
But we use dollar bills for matches
And Vanderbilt kowtows to us
J. P. Morgan scraps and bows to us
We got elegance
We were born with elegance
 
I behave like Walter Raleigh
When the streets are full of mud
And the bluest huckleberry
Isn't bluer than my blood
Have you noticed when I hold my cup
The saucer never moves
And the way I keep my pinkie up
Indubitably proves that
We got elegance
We got built in elegance
And with elegance
Elegance
Elegance
Elegance
Elegance
We'll carry it off

   

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