But don't change a hair for me
With Valentine's Day around the corner, and a new bio-pic of Lorenz Hart now out, let's remember Lorenz Hart, who never found love in his own life although he wrote about it so well. Together with his musical partner, Richard Rogers, they wrote over 500 songs together, until Hart's death at age 48. Hart was very self-conscious and insecure about his looks: he was under five feet tall with outsized, facial features and ears. He was also habitually late and alcoholic, which led Richard Rogers to select another lyricist (Oscar Hammerstein) to write the lyrics for Oklahoma! The 2026 bio-pic Blue Moon, with Ethan Hawke as Hart, focuses on the later part of Hart's life, when he is unemployable and drowning in both drink and sorrow. Sad as his life was, his collaborations with Rogers produced some of the loveliest music of the era. Hart's lyrics, always clever and poetic, often contain a hint of sadness in them.
Behold the way our fine-feathered friend
His virtue doth parade.
Thou knowest not, my dim-witted friend
The picture thou hast made.
Thy vacant brow and thy tousled hair
Conceal thy good intent.
Thou noble, upright, truthful sincere,
And slightly dopey gent - your're --
Not if you care for me
Stay, little Valentine stayWith Valentine's Day around the corner, and a new bio-pic of Lorenz Hart now out, let's remember Lorenz Hart, who never found love in his own life although he wrote about it so well. Together with his musical partner, Richard Rogers, they wrote over 500 songs together, until Hart's death at age 48. Hart was very self-conscious and insecure about his looks: he was under five feet tall with outsized, facial features and ears. He was also habitually late and alcoholic, which led Richard Rogers to select another lyricist (Oscar Hammerstein) to write the lyrics for Oklahoma! The 2026 bio-pic Blue Moon, with Ethan Hawke as Hart, focuses on the later part of Hart's life, when he is unemployable and drowning in both drink and sorrow. Sad as his life was, his collaborations with Rogers produced some of the loveliest music of the era. Hart's lyrics, always clever and poetic, often contain a hint of sadness in them.
VERSE
Behold the way our fine-feathered friend
His virtue doth parade.
Thou knowest not, my dim-witted friend
The picture thou hast made.
Thy vacant brow and thy tousled hair
Conceal thy good intent.
Thou noble, upright, truthful sincere,
And slightly dopey gent - your're --
CHORUS
My funny Valentine
My funny Valentine
Sweet comic Valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet 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?
But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little Valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's Day
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 one hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little Valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's Day
