Too Marvellous for Words
Frank Sinatra Lyrics


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You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words
Like glorious, glamorous and that old standby amorous
It's all too wonderful, I'll never find the words
That say enough, tell enough, I mean they just aren't swell enough

You're much too much, and just too very, very
To ever be in Webster's Dictionary
And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To tell you that you're marvelous too marvelous for words

You're much you're too much and just too very, very
To ever be, to ever be in Webster's Dictionary
And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To tell you that you're marvelous




Tell you that you're marvelous
Tell you that you're marvelous too marvelous for words

Overall Meaning

In this song, Frank Sinatra is singing about a person whom he finds too wonderful to adequately describe with words. He uses a number of adjectives such as "glorious," "glamorous," and "amorous," but ultimately concludes that none of them are "swell enough" to capture the person's true greatness. He even notes that this person is "too very, very" to ever be included in Webster's Dictionary, suggesting that they are beyond definition or explanation. In light of this, Sinatra borrows a love song from birds to express his feelings towards this person.


One interpretation of this song is that it is not just a love song, but a song about the power of language itself. Through his failed attempts to describe the person he is singing about, Sinatra highlights the limitations of language and the way in which words can only ever approximate the true depth and complexity of our experiences and emotions. At the same time, by borrowing a love song from birds, he suggests that music and other nonverbal forms of expression may be better suited to capturing the richness of human experience.


Line by Line Meaning

You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words
You are incredibly wonderful and amazing, and there are no words that can truly describe just how great you are.


Like glorious, glamorous and that old standby amorous
You are as magnificent as words like glorious and glamorous, and even as classic as the word amorous.


It's all too wonderful, I'll never find the words
Everything about you is so fantastic, and I know that I will never be able to articulate just how wonderful you are.


That say enough, tell enough, I mean they just aren't swell enough
Even if I were able to find the words to describe your greatness, I know that they would never be good enough to fully convey just how amazing you are.


You're much too much, and just too very, very
You are so much more than anyone could ever expect or imagine, and simply too amazing for words to describe.


To ever be in Webster's Dictionary
Even the dictionary does not have words good enough to describe just how incredible you are.


And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To express how much you mean to me, I have to borrow the beautiful melodies of love songs sung by the birds.


To tell you that you're marvelous too marvelous for words
I want you to know just how amazing you are, and that there are no words that could ever fully describe or express your incredible beauty, grace, and charm.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOHNNY MERCER, RICHARD A. WHITING

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Mike


on The Lady Is A Champ

eight

She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She can't eat late and stay up all night, because unlike society types, she has to get up in the morning.

She likes the theatre and never comes late
She cares more about seeing the play than being seen making an entrance.

She never bothers with people she'd hate
Her friends are friends, not social trophies.

Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
While barrns and earls probably don't play craps, she associates with friends, not people to be seen with.

Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
She doesn't "slum", the practice of the rich in the 30's, when the song was written, of touring poor neighborhoods dressed in rich clothes to "tut, tut" about the deplorable conditions, and congratulate each other for "caring about the poor"

Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
Doesn't trade gossip for acceptance among an in-crowd


She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
She cares more about how her hair feels than conforming with current hair fashions

Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
Since most of California is noticeably warmer and / or drier than New York, where the play the song was written for is set, this is probably a facetious excuse to like what she likes.


And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
Another reference to slumming, but facetious, since Lincolns and Fords were middle-class, not luxury brands when the lyric was written

Anonymous


on Try a Little Tenderness

Here are the correct lyrics

Try A Little Tenderness - Frank Sinatra - Lyrics

Oh she may be weary
Women do get wearied
Wearing that same old shabby dress
And when she’s weary
You try a little tenderness

You know she’s waiting
Just anticipating things she’ll may never possess
While she is without them
Try just a little bit of tenderness

It’s not just sentimental
She has her grieve and her care
And the words that soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear
You wont regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness

Musical Interlude

And, it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness

Daniel


on The Way You Look Tonight

I met Frank Jr. in Las Vegas, a real gentleman. RIP you both.

Giorgi Khutashvili


on Theme from New York, New York

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