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) Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 G9 I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain 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 Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 G9 I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore 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 F#m7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb6/9 C+7 Fm7 Bb9 Why can't I be more conventional, People talk, and they stare So I try Eb6/9 Am7 Ab7 But that's not for me Gm7 C7 Cause I can't see Fmaj7 Dm7 Gm7 C7 My kind of crazy world Cm7 F7 Bm7 Go passing me by Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 G9 So let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown Cm7 F7b9 Dm7b5 G+7 You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down Cm7 Ab9 Dm7 Dbdim7 Don't you remember I was always your clown Cm7 F13 Bb6 Why try to change me now