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 Could ^Cm7b5start for the ^Dm7corner, turn up ^Dbdim7in Spain But ^Cm7why try to ^F13change^Dm7 me ^G7b9now

^Cm7I sit and ^F7daydream, I've got ^Bbmaj7daydreams ga^G9lore Cm7 F7b9 Dm7b5 G+7 Cm7 Cigarette ashes; there they go on the floor I'll ^Cm7b5go away ^Dm7weekends, leave my keys in th^Dbdim7e door But ^Cm7why try to ^F13change^Dm7 me ^G7b9now

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