This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
my funny valentine
sweet comic valentine
you make me smile with my heart
your looks are laughable
un-photographable
yet you’re my favorite work of art
is your figure less than Greek?
is your mouth a little weak?
when you open it to speak
are you smart?
but don’t change a hair for me
not if you care me
stay little valentine
stay
each day is valentine’s day
sweet comic valentine
you make me smile with my heart
your looks are laughable
un-photographable
yet you’re my favorite work of art
is your figure less than Greek?
is your mouth a little weak?
when you open it to speak
are you smart?
but don’t change a hair for me
not if you care me
stay little valentine
stay
each day is valentine’s day
Lyrics submitted by nobodygirl
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Just listening for the 784,654th time....and it's just perfect in every way. Just incredible. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning.
This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive.
She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end.
So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started.
There is a huge difference between a singer who simply belts out a song that is on a page in front of them, and someone who can convey an entire experience with their voice. Telling not just a story with words, but taking you inside it and making you feel like you are there, with their interpretation.
Yeah I love it- but fix these lyrics a little. Just a reading will show a few errors... "Not if you care 'for' me"
@tarzan05 <br /> <br /> What exactly do you mean is one error of several.<br /> <br /> He sings precisely: Not if you really care for me.<br /> <br /> Do you mean the 'for' isn't 'good' english? Then sing it 'good' more yourself, thereafter we can judge the goodness of your lyrics. Is the tarzan of the djungle of the langage brachiateing smart through the words unphotographable because of the ridiculousity as tarzoon, the shame of the djungle? <br /> <br /> It's not the Oxford Dictionary of courtesan conversation of the royal-correct kind here, but the song's lyrics how-are. Isn't it? Just-reading the songtext isn't sufficient, maybe. The listening the song would be helpful probably.<br /> <br /> And the 'really' is really skipable, not extending the meaning really.<br /> <br /> But anyway, congratulations for your two english-competent really nerd-glassed supporters, what find this meaning of songtext really relevant too. Of course, precocious wisenheimers roam everywhere, letting back thumb-up-tag-marks of schoolmasterly correctness in the dephts of the cyberspace as dogs let back pissing-marks at the trees of the nature's space too, to signalize the own significance.<br /> <br /> Sorry for my 'arrogance', but it's really unphotographable comic. It's meant more comic than serious.
The song was covered mostly by men. Yet... It is a song written from a woman's perspective.
It's possibly, the moment she fell in love.
Most men never understand when their better half falls in love with them...and when they are told...they scratch their head.
@tebdanner <br /> <br /> That's an interesting viewpoint.<br /> <br /> I must confess, that it opened my eyes to understand the meaning at all. But of course, nor Chet Baker, nor the ultra-prominent broadway-songwriter-duo Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers were women. So, I doubt anyway, if it is really true, that it is written from the feminine viewpoint really. But the address towards a man is very credible for me too. Or even nonunderstandable really, else.<br /> <br /> The original meaning of the songtext is maybe targetted homo-erotic or simply non-erotic, what works for me perfectly too. It's irrelevant in my eyes, as love isn't erotic exclusive. And the erotic side of the love isn't forcely a theme to talk about public, as it is very private.<br /> <br /> The song talks maybe even exactly of the incredible fruitful and prominent partnership of the composer Rodgers with the lyricist Hart in base. <br /> <br /> The artworks of general validity with a concrete base in the real life are always-better, isn't it? Or, at least often-better, as it is frequently less stilted-artificially and fetched-hereby-from-far-away.
Fantastic.
i love the lyrics...
love it. love him.
does it mean that the valentine is not smart? and what does a Greek body stand for?
I believe it's a reference to Greek goddesses or Greek statues who are represented with a perfect figure.<br /> Valentine is not perfect, but in his eyes she is.
Chet Baker sings so beautifully in this. I instantly fell in love with his voice when I first heard this.