Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
A song written in 1956 for a proposed musical based on the 1952 non-fiction bestseller The Last Resorts, a book by Cleveland Amory about resort life among rich Americans. The show was to have a score by Sondheim, and a book by Jean Kerr, an essayist and playwright who was the wife of famed drama cri...
(Janet describes her feelings for the scruffy reporter)
[JANET]
One man
Says he'll be my slave
This man
Doesn't even shave
One man
Dresses like a prince
And this one appears in a hat that's squashed
President-elect of the great unwashed
I say to myself
"Chacun à son goût"
But this one
This one
Ooohh!
(Her expression changes mid-sound from irritation to delight)
He's a bum
He's a clown
With his socks
Hanging down
With his hair
Taking wing
And I wouldn't change a thing
Yellow shirt
Red cravat
Orange coat
Purple hat
Slightly green
College ring
And I wouldn't change a thing
He's a walking neon sign
In a state of disrepair
But his suit suits me just fine
'Cause I know he's inside it somewhere
Does he look
Rather gay?
Let him stay
Just that way
Does he look
Rather bright?
Well, I wouldn't change the sight
'Cause I love the way he looked at me tonight!
Though no Brummell is my beau
Nor Palm Beach's fashion king
Once you look at him, you'll know
He's a many-splendored thing
He may not be awf'ly Brooks
Or as stylish as a Duke
But for me, he has the looks
Of the ten best-dressed men in Dubuque
Clothes don't make the man, Lord knows
But I wouldn't be surprised if that man made those clothes
He's a bum
He's a clown
With his socks
Hanging down
With his hair
Taking wing
And I wouldn't change a thing
Yellow shirt
Red cravat
Orange coat
Purple hat
Slightly green
College ring
And I wouldn't change a thing
He's a walking neon sign
In a state of disrepair
But his suit suits me just fine
'Cause I know he's inside it somewhere
So his clothes
Aren't pressed
I don't care
How he's dressed
Let him run
Leave him be
Well, there's one change I would like to see
Let him change
From a bum
To a bum who's in love with me!
I Wouldn’t Change a Thing was written by Stephen Sondheim.
I Wouldn’t Change a Thing was produced by Peter E. Jones.
Stephen Sondheim released I Wouldn’t Change a Thing on Tue Oct 25 2005.