BETTER THAN A DREAM
From the film "Bells Are Ringing" (1960)
(Jule Styne / Betty Comden / Adolph Green)

Judy Holliday & Dean Martin (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Faith Prince & Marc Kudisch (Broadway Revival) - 2001


JUDY:
So that's what you look like
At last I know

You're better, better than a dream
What you are is better far than a dream
I tried to picture your face
But now I see you
You're out of this world, you're out of this sphere
You're out of that outer space

Better, better than a dream
What is real is more ideal than a dream
To see and hear you
To be so near you
Is better, better than a dream

DEAN:
Can this be a dream
Can I still be asleep on the couch there
Can this girl be really here
She seems to know by sheer intuition
How I landed in this condition
Boy, does she know me
The way that I think, the way that I drink
The fact that I slept all year

But it's not a dream
'Cause look I've got some words on the paper
Steady boy, don't faint or scream
Don't ask who sent you this angel
It's better, better than a dream

DEAN: Can this be a dream
JUDY: It's better
DEAN: Can I still be asleep on the couch there
JUDY: Better than a dream
DEAN: Can this girl be really here
JUDY: What you are is better far than a dream
DEAN: She seems to know by sheer intuition
JUDY: I tried to picture your face
DEAN: How I landed in this condition
JUDY: But now I see you
DEAN: Boy, does she know me
JUDY: You're out of this world
DEAN: The way that I think, the way that I drink
JUDY: You're out of this sphere
DEAN: The fact that I slept all year
JUDY: You're out of that outer space
DEAN: But it's not a dream
JUDY: Better, better than a dream
DEAN: 'Cause look I've got some words on the paper
JUDY: What is real is more ideal than a dream
DEAN: Steady boy, don't faint or scream
JUDY: To see and hear you
DEAN: Don't ask who sent you this angel
JUDY: To be so near you
BOTH: It's better, better than a dream


(Transcribed by Ferda Dolunay & Mel Priddle - February 2006)