Lyrics to
My Funny Valentine

This version of My Funny Valentine was released by Elvis Costello in 1979.

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My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable, unphotographable
But you’re my favourite work of art
Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
Don’t change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine, stay
Each day is Valentine’s day

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About Lyrics and My Funny Valentine by Elvis Costello

The lyrics for My Funny Valentine are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Elvis Costello. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to My Funny Valentine have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for My Funny Valentine - Elvis Costello and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to My Funny Valentine by Elvis Costello in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to My Funny Valentine" means the words set to the music of My Funny Valentine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Costello. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to My Funny Valentine and the lyrics to My Funny Valentine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Costello who came here looking just for the lyrics to My Funny Valentine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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