Lyrics
You can try but you just cannot please everybody
You cannot please everyone despite your efforts.
You can try but you just cannot please everyone, oh no
Reiteration of the difficulty in pleasing everyone.
You can try but you just will not please everybody
Emphasizing the impossibility of pleasing everybody.
You can try but you just will not please everyone
Reiterating that pleasing everyone is not achievable.
Hold up
Introducing a pause or interruption in the narrative.
I do my little trick where
Describing a trick or strategy being employed.
I come across slick
Presenting oneself as clever or resourceful.
So your parents might just like me
Suggesting a likable persona for approval from others' parents.
Just a little bit
Qualifying the likability to be only a little bit.
What do you mean, I didn’t mean
Expressing confusion or uncertainty.
Sorry Jane I can explain
Apologizing and attempting to explain a situation to Jane.
Aah now I’m in a web of lives
Feeling trapped in a situation filled with lies.
In a pack of wolves
Metaphorically placed in a group of deceptive individuals.
trying to be liked
Struggling to be accepted or liked by others.
You can try but you just cannot please everybody
Reiteration of the challenge in pleasing everyone.
You can try but you just will not please everyone, oh no
Emphasizing the inevitability of not pleasing everyone.
You can try
Introducing the idea of trying with a warning about deception.
But you gonna slide into a web of lies - yeah
Warning about getting entangled in a web of lies.
You can try
Comparing the attempt to a butterfly pretending to be a bowtie.
Like a butterfly playing that he’s a bowtie
Using a metaphor to describe the attempt's lack of success.
You can try
Highlighting the futility of the effort.
But it won’t really fly
Expressing acknowledgment of the attempt's failure.
Oh I try
Acknowledging personal effort despite potential failure.
But I don’t need to be a people pleaser
Rejecting the need to seek approval from others.
You could be a super duper model if you want to
Suggesting the possibility of being a successful model.
Go Charlies Angels, Lucy Lu, full throttle
Referencing a popular culture reference, Charlie's Angels.
And what ever you do they’ll have a problem
Anticipating criticism or opposition regardless of actions.
So let me just be me and you can hop in
Encouraging authenticity and being oneself.
Will go scuba-dooba diving in Bermuda
Imagining a carefree activity in Bermuda.
Watching Scooby Doooby doo in the nude
Engaging in a playful and relaxed scenario.
roll a nice little doob and we’ll groove
Suggesting a laid-back activity involving a substance.
to that Ella Fitzgerald then Lou
Referencing musical preferences, Ella Fitzgerald and Lou.
You, me and everyone in between
Acknowledging diversity among individuals.
Got secrets and dreams and their own conspiracies
Recognizing shared human experiences and aspirations.
What you believe might not be my cup of tea
Respecting individual differences in beliefs.
But no need to change it don't rearrange it
Advocating for authenticity and acceptance.
No need to fake it - oh
Encouraging sincerity and honesty.
You can try
Reiteration of the warning about getting entangled in lies.
But you gonna slide into a web of lies - yeah
Repeating the butterfly metaphor and the potential deception.
You can try
Emphasizing the lack of success in the attempt.
Like a butterfly playing that he’s a bowtie
Reiterating the butterfly metaphor and the facade.
You can try
Pointing out the futility of the endeavor.
I don’t wanna be that
Expressing a desire not to conform to a superhero image.
Superman Superman
Rejecting the need to be a superhero.
No I need that
Asserting independence and self-sufficiency.
No I need that
Reiterating the rejection of dependency on others.
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