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“Grace Kelly” is a genre-defying pop song about being yourself. It’s named for Hollywood legend Grace Kelly—this opening dialogue is based off her 1954 film The Country Girl. The song was a breakthrough hit for Mika, a genre-defying singer born in Beirut and raised in Paris and London.
Despite the...
[Intro]
I wanna talk to you
The last time we talked, Mr. Smith, you reduced me to tears
I promise you it won't happen again
[Verse 1]
Do I attract you? Do I repulse you
With my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?
I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome
Guess I'm a little bit shy
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me
Without makin' me try?
[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to be like Grace Kelly (Mm)
But all her looks were too sad (Ah)
So I tried a little Freddie (Mm)
I've gone identity mad
[Chorus]
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Why don't you walk out the door?
[Interlude]
Getting angry doesn't solve anything
[Verse 2]
How can I help it? How can I help it?
How can I help what you think?
Hello, my baby, hello, my baby
Putting my life on the brink
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like yourself?
Should I bend over? Should I look older
Just to be put on your shelf?
[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to be like Grace Kelly (Mm)
But all her looks were too sad (Ah)
So I tried a little Freddie (Mm)
I've gone identity mad
[Chorus]
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Walk out the door
[Bridge]
Say what you want to satisfy yourself, hey
But you only want what everybody else says you should want
You want
[Chorus]
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Walk out the door
I could be brown, I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful, I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me?
Walk out the door
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, oh
[Outro]
Humphrey, we're leaving
Ka-ching
Grace Kelly was written by Dan Warner & John Merchant & Jodi Marr & MIKA.
Grace Kelly was produced by MIKA & Greg Wells.
MIKA released Grace Kelly on Mon Jan 08 2007.
Grace Kelly was written after these musicians were trying to mold me into what I should be. I was really angry and so I wrote the song and mailed them the lyrics. They didn’t call me back, but two years later it’s come full circle.“
—MIKA says in an interview on BBC.