You're walking along the street or you're at a party Or else you're alone and then you suddenly dig You're looking in someone's eyes, you suddenly realize This could be the start of something big You're lunching at Twenty-One and watching your diet Declining a Charlotte Ruse, accepting a fig When out of a clear blue sky, it's suddenly gal and guy And this could be the start of something big Oh, there's no controlling the unrolling of your fate, my friend Who knows what's written in the magic book But when a lover you discover at the gate, my friend Invite her in without a second look You're up in an aeroplane or dining at Sardi's Or lying at Malibu alone on the sand You suddenly hear a bell and right away you can tell That this could be the start of something grand There's no controlling the unrolling of your fate, my friend Who knows what's written in the book But when a lover you discover at the gate, my friend Invite her in without a second look You're up in an aeroplane or dining at Sardi's Or lying at Malibu alone on the sand You suddenly hear a bell and right away you can tell That this could be the start of something I said this could be the start of something This could be the start of something grand