Testo Lovely - Stephen Sondheim

Lovely

Philia\nI’m a courtesan, and a courtesan has but one talent\nI’m lovely\nAll I am is lovely\nLovely is the one thing I can do\nWinsome\nWhat I am is winsome\nRadiant as in some dream come true\nOh, isn’t it a shame?\nI can neither sew nor cook\nNor read or write my name\nBut I’m happy\nMerely being lovely\nFor it’s one thing I can give to you\nPhilia\nYes?\nSay my name\nJust say your name?\nYes\nVery well. Uh… I forgot it!\nIt’s Hero\nForgive me, Hero. I have no memory for names\nYou don’t need one. You don’t need anything\nYou’re lovely\nAbsolutely lovely\nWho’d believe the loveliness of you?\nWinsome\nSweet and warm and winsome\nRadiant as in some dream come true\nTrue\nNow Venus would seem tame\nHelen and her thousand ships\nWould have to die of shame\nAnd I’m happy\nHappy that I’m lovely\nFor there’s one thing loveliness can do\nIt’s a gift for me to share with you!\nAnd I’m happy\nHappy that you’re lovely\nFor there’s one thing loveliness can do\nIt’s a gift for me to share with you!