Music by Cy Coleman Lyrics by Joseph A. McCarthy Covered and performed by Fiona Apple for "The Best Is Yet to Come - The Songs of Cy Coleman" and at "Largo @ the Coronet" respectively. Recorded also, amongst others by Frank Sinatra (1952), Sammy Davis, Jr. (1965), Helen Humes (1981), Elvin Jones (1984)

^Cm7I'm senti^F7mental, so I ^Bbmaj7walk in the ^G9rain Cm7 F7b9 Dm7b5 G+7 Cm7 I've got some habits even I can't explain Cm7b5 Dm7 Dbdim7 Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain Cm7 F13 Dm7 G7b9 But why try to change me now

^Cm7I sit and ^F7daydream, I've got ^Bbmaj7daydreams ga^G9lore Cm7 F7b9 Dm7b5 G+7 Cm7 Cigarette ashes; there they go on the floor Cm7b5 Dm7 Dbdim7 I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door Cm7 F13 Dm7 G7b9 But why try to change me now

Gm7 Gbm7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb6/9 C+7 Fm7 Bb9 Why can't I be more conventional, People talk, and they stare So I try

^Eb6/9But that's ^Am7not fo^Ab7r me ^Gm7Cause I can't ^C7see ^Fmaj7My kind of c^Dm7razy ^Gm7world ^C7 ^Cm7Go p^F7assing me ^Bm7by

^Cm7So let people ^F7wonder, let 'em ^Bbmaj7laugh, let 'em ^G9frown Cm7 F7b9 Dm7b5 G+7 You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down ^Cm7Don't you ^Ab9remember I was ^Dm7always your ^Dbdim7clown ^Cm7Why try to ^F13change me ^Bb6now

Fiona Apple - Why try to change me now