My Funny Valentine, by Nazneen Rahman

My Funny Valentine

by Nazneen Rahman

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1.	My Funny Valentine 04:28	lyrics	buy track
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 valentines day
2.	The Time Travelling Wife 04:22	lyrics	buy track
If I could travel through time Would I change the world? Right the wrongs of human kind No, no, no, no I am too small, Too inconsequential To make those journeys If I could travel through time I know where I would fly To that warm Egyptian night My head was resting on your chest And we’d synchronised our breaths Your heart was beating with my own I thought I’d never be alone. Oh no, no, no, I did not know That on a winter’s afternoon You’d take your things and go If I could, I’d rewrite all of our dramas I’d walk on by all of those charmers. I wouldn’t waste our precious days Being careless with your heart I would cherish your devotion from the start I wouldn’t let your courage fail us. I wouldn’t let the years derail us. I would curb my waspish tongue. I’d remember how to laugh. Every day I’d show you we were meant to last. If I could travel through time I would say sorry, For all of time All of time
3.	How Insensitive 04:03	lyrics	buy track
How insensitive I must have seemed When he told me that he loved me How unmoved and cold I must have seemed When he told me so sincerely Why he must have asked Did I just turn and stare in icy silence But what was I to say? What can you say When a love affair is over? Now he's gone away, and I'm alone With a memory of his last look So tired and drawn and lost, it haunts my dreams All the heartbreak in that sad look Why I know he asked, Did I just stare in icy silence But what was I to do? What can you do When a love affair is over? What was I to say? What can you say When a love affair is over
4.	Round Midnight 03:55	lyrics	buy track
It begins to tell, round midnight, round midnight I do pretty well, till after sundown, Suppertime I'm feeling sad, But it really gets bad, round midnight. Memories are so sharp round midnight, round midnight I haven't got the heart to stand those memories, Daytime fears I lock inside But at midnight there’s nowhere to hide. When the whisky glass chinks its warning Know my pain will not end till morning. I long to start over but keep falling behind You’re out of my arms and I’m out of my mind All my hopes are crossed, at midnight, at midnight I can’t bear the loss of all my futures. For my life was wrapped in you But now it’s broken in two It begins to tell, round midnight, round midnight I’m an empty shell of blunt emotions Wishing you could feel it too. But old midnight knows we’re through.

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The great jazz singers taught me to sing. This is my small tribute to some of the classic jazz standards. I hope you enjoy my versions.

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released October 14, 2013

Vocals by Nazneen Rahman
Saxophone (track 4) by Haroon Taylor
Piano, organs and programming by Joe Davison
Production Joe Davison for Auburn Jam Music
Album design Nikki Davison for Auburn Jam Music

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Nazneen Rahman London, UK

I sing stories to wonder and wander. To connect with the world and with you. Shared with hope and love.

If money is tight, email me, we'll work it out.