Stephen Sondheim
Lovely
[HERO, spoken]
My name is Hero

[PHILIA, spoken]
My name is Philia

[HERO, spoken]
Philia

[PHILIA, spoken]
I'm a courtesan, and a courtesan has but one talent

[PHILIA]
I'm lovely
All I am is lovely
Lovely is the one thing I can do

Winsome
What I am is winsome
Radiant as in some dream come true

Oh, isn't it a shame?
I can neither sew nor cook
Nor read or write my name

But I'm happy
Merely being lovely
For it's one thing I can give to you
[HERO, spoken]
Philia

[PHILIA, spoken]
Yes?

[HERO, spoken]
Say my name

[PHILIA, spoken]
Just say your name?

[HERO, spoken]
Yes

[PHILIA, spoken]
Very well. Uh... I forgot it!

[HERO, spoken]
It's Hero

[PHILIA, spoken]
Forgive me, Hero. I have no memory for names

[HERO, spoken]
You don't need one. You don't need anything
[HERO]
You're lovely
Absolutely lovely
Who'd believe the loveliness of you?

Winsome
Sweet and warm and winsome
Radiant as in some dream come true

[PHILIA]
True

[HERO]
Now Venus would seem tame
Helen and her thousand ships
Would have to die of shame[PHILIA]
And I'm happy
Happy that I'm lovely
For there's one thing loveliness can do
It's a gift for me to share with you![HERO]
And I'm happy
Happy that you're lovely
For there's one thing loveliness can do
It's a gift for me to share with you!