“My Funny Valentine” — Sammy Davis Jr

No Words, No Song
9 min readFeb 9, 2020
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash

Contrary to what Instagram and greetings card companies would have you believe, we’re loved because of our imperfections, not in spite of them, as the story of “My Funny Valentine” demonstrates.

It’s a song people who’ve been hurt are drawn to. When you know the background to the song, you’ll see why.

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No Words, No Song

Without words, it’s just a nice tune. Add words — now you’ve got a song. And songs can change your world. I write about some that changed mine.