Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
MIKA
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Merchant
Songwriter
Dan Warner
Songwriter
Jodi Maureen Horovitz
Songwriter
Michael Holbrook Penniman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Musters
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 2]
I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome
Guess I'm a little bit shy
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Without making me try
[Verse 3]
I tried to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I tried a little Freddie, mmm
I've got identity, mad, mad, mad, mad
[Verse 4]
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
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 5]
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
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 6]
I tried to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad, ah
So I tried a little Freddie, mmm
I've got identity, mad, mad, mad, mad
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
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 7]
So what you want
To satisfy yourself, hey
But you only want
What everybody else says you should want
You want
Ah-ah-ah
[Verse 8]
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
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 9]
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
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
Written by: Dan Warner, Jodi Marr, John Merchant, MIKA