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My Funny Valentine Lyrics

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
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Cover art for My Funny Valentine lyrics by Chet Baker

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

What exactly do you mean is one error of several.

He sings precisely: Not if you really care for me.

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?

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...

Cover art for My Funny Valentine lyrics by Chet Baker

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

That's an interesting viewpoint.

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.

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...

Cover art for My Funny Valentine lyrics by Chet Baker

Fantastic.

Cover art for My Funny Valentine lyrics by Chet Baker

i love the lyrics...

Cover art for My Funny Valentine lyrics by Chet Baker

love it. love him.

Cover art for My Funny Valentine lyrics by Chet Baker

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. Valentine is not perfect, but in his eyes she is.

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Chet Baker sings so beautifully in this. I instantly fell in love with his voice when I first heard this.