When the lyrics are so great, you almost cry

Woke up, it was a chelsea morning, and the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges, too
And the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses
Oh, wont you stay
Well put on the day
And well talk in present tenses

Today, I heard Susan Cowsill sing "Chelsea Morning" on the radio, and it is one kick-ass cover. Were more perfectly sublime lyrics ever written? Maybe, if you consider the beginning of "Midnight Sun," which one of my friends calls "the perfect song":

Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice
Warmer than the summer night
The clouds were like an alabaster palace
Rising to a snowy height
Each star its own Aurora Borealis
Suddenly you held me tight
I could see the midnight sun

Joni Mitchell and Johnny Mercer--both amazing lyricists. But they have a lot of company. I could use up pages listing great lyricists, some of whom also wrote (or write) music.