Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
MIKA
Keyboards
Greg Wells
Drums
Lyle Workman
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Merchant
Songwriter
Dan Warner
Songwriter
Jodi Maureen Horovitz
Songwriter
Michael Holbrook Penniman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
MIKA
Producer
Greg Wells
Producer
Joe Chiccarelli
Recording Engineer
J. Marr
Producer
John Merchant
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
"I wanna talk to you."
"The last time we talked, Mr. Smith, you reduced me to tears. I promise you, it won't happen again."
[Verse 2]
Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?
[Verse 3]
I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome
I guess I'm a little bit shy
Why don't you like me, why don't you like me
Without making me try?
[Verse 4]
I tried to be like Grace Kelly (Mmm)
But all her looks were too sad (Ah)
So I tried a little Freddie, mmm
I've gone identity mad!
[Verse 5]
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
[Verse 6]
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Why don't you walk out the door?
[Verse 7]
"Getting angry doesn't solve anything."
[Verse 8]
How can I help it, how can I help it
How can I help what you think?
Hello, my baby, hello, my baby
Putting my life on the brink
[Verse 9]
Why don't you like me, why don't you like me
Why don't you like yourself?
Should I bend over, should I look older
Just to be put on your shelf?
[Verse 10]
I tried to be like Grace Kelly (Mmm)
But all her looks were too sad (Ah)
So I tried a little Freddie, mmm
I've gone identity mad!
[Verse 11]
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
[Verse 12]
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Oh, walk out the door
[Verse 13]
Say what you want to satisfy yourself
But you only want what everybody else says you should want
You want
[Verse 14]
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
[Verse 15]
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Oh, walk out the door!
[Verse 16]
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
[Verse 17]
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Walk out the door!
[Verse 18]
Hoo
Whoa
[Verse 19]
"Humphrey! We're leaving."
Ka-ching!
Written by: Dan Warner, Jodi Marr, John Merchant, MIKA