OUR PENTHOUSE ON THIRD AVENUE
Words by Lew Brown, music by Sammy Fain, ©1937.
From the film "New Faces of 1937."
As recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, 1937.

Our penthouse on Third Avenue, only a few stories high,
Where smoke hides the blue of the sky—
No roses in bloom,
Or a fancy blue room—
It isn't a beautiful view, with clothes hanging out there to dry,
And watching the trains rumbling by,
But you're satisfied; so am I.
Just a stone's throw away,
The rich folks stay
With gardens and artistic bars,
But what do we care?
They're no happier there
Than we are with only the moon and the stars.
The taxis, the noise in the street, the whistling of boats all night through—
Still we never fuss.
It's heaven to us,
Our penthouse on Third Avenue.

[The catalog entry at Mississippi State University indicates there is a missing verse that starts: "Some folks seek a retreat in the mountains to escape the heat of the town."]

[A 1937 recording by Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard is nearly identical, only omitting the word "just."]