Zip

In Paris, I headlined the Follies
Bille's doll of all the dollies
Admired by the great Stravinsky
But my greatest achievement in the height of my career
Was the time I starred for Minsky
You're looking at a former stripper
But before I unzip one zipper
I want it known I was quite the artist
But the intellectual kind
What was I thinking while I worked, you might ask
While I worked these thoughts kept crossing my mind
Zip, Walter Lippmann wasn't brilliant today
Zip, will the giants ever take it away?
Zip, I was reading Schopenhauer last night
Zip, and I think that Schopenhauer was right
Sigmund Freud has often stated dreams and drives are all related
Zip, I'm a firm believer
Northy Dix's daily column tells that love is dear and solemn
Zip, I can take or leave her
Zip, it took intellect to master my art
Zip, every movement from the heart
Zip, I consider Dali's painting passe
Zip, will they make the Metropolitan pay?
Zip, Marilyn Monroe looks just dandy in mink
Zip, she not only acts, I hear she can think
I have read the works of Plato, translated most of Cato
Zip, I am such a scholar
I don't care for Whistler's mother
Charlie's aunt or Schubert's brother
Zip, had to make a dollar
Zip, you have asked me what I think while I work
Zip, I've an intellectual quirk
And my thoughts may skip whenever so inclined
Oh, zip
Zip, zip
I'm a broad with a broad, broad mind