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Bob Dylan - Why Try to Change Me Now (Official Audio)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Vocals
Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier
Bass
Donnie Herron
Donnie Herron
Steel Guitar
Charlie Sexton
Charlie Sexton
Guitar
S. Kimball
S. Kimball
Guitar
George G. Receli
George G. Receli
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman
Composer
Joseph Allan McCarthy
Joseph Allan McCarthy
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Producer
Al Schmitt
Al Schmitt
Mixing Engineer
Doug Sax
Doug Sax
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

I'm sentimental
So I walk in the rain
I've got some habits
Even I can't explain
Could start for the corner
Turn up in Spain
Why try to change me now?
I sit and daydream
I've got daydreams galore
Cigarette ashes
There they go on the floor
I'll go away weekends
And leave my keys in the door
But why try to change me now?
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk, people stare, so I try
But that's not for me 'cause I can't see
My kind of crazy world go passing me by
So let people wonder
Let 'em laugh, let 'em frown
You know I'll love you
'Til the moon's upside down
Don't you remember?
I was always your clown
Why try to change me now?
Don't you remember?
I was always your clown
But why try to change me?
Why try to change me now?
Written by: Cy Coleman, Joseph Allan McCarthy

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