THE BEST THING FOR YOU (IS ME)
From the Broadway Show "Call Me Madam" (1950)
(Irving Berlin)

Ethel Merman - 1950
Dinah Shore - 1950
Bing Crosby - 1950
Perry Como - 1950
Doris Day - 1950
Margaret Whiting - 1950
June Christy - 1957
Eddie Fisher - 1958
Nat King Cole - 1960
Joanie Sommers - 1962
Rosemary Clooney - 1984
Stephanie Nakasian - 1990
Sheila Jordan & Mark Murphy - 1991
Diana Krall - 1998
Julie Kelly - 2001

Also recorded by: Kim Cresswell; Benny Goodman;
Art Farmer; Fred Fornay; Bud Powell; Stan Getz;
Della Reese; Red Norvo; Connie Speed; Margie Gibson.


Please let me say from the start
I don't pretend to be smart
I just suggest what I think best
Having your int'rest at heart

I only want what's the best thing for you
And the best thing for you would be me
I've been convinced after thinking it through
That the best thing for you would be me

Ev'ry day
To myself I say
Point the way
What will it be

I ask myself what's the best thing for you
And myself and I seem to agree
That the best thing for you would be me