Perform This Way – English Lyrics

• By: "Weird Al" Yankovic

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(futuristic music)

(upbeat pop music)

♪ My mama told me when I was hatched ♪

♪ Act like a superstar ♪

♪ Save your allowance, buy a bubble dress ♪

♪ And someday you will go far ♪

♪ Now on red carpets, well, I'm hard to miss ♪

♪ The press follows everywhere I go ♪

(camera clicks)

♪ I'll poke your eye out with a dress like this ♪

- [Dancer] Ah!

♪ Back off and enjoy the show ♪

♪ I'm sure my critics will say it's a grotesque display ♪

♪ Well, they can bite me, baby, I perform this way ♪

♪ I might be wearin' Swiss cheese or maybe covered with bees ♪

♪ It doesn't mean I'm crazy, I perform this way ♪

♪ 'From this way ♪

♪ Ooh, my little monsters pay lots 'cause I perform this way ♪

♪ Baby, I perform this way ♪

♪ 'Form this way ♪

♪ Ooh, don't worry, I'm okay ♪

♪ Hey, I just perform this way ♪

♪ I'm not crazy, I perform this way ♪

♪ I'll be a troll or evil queen ♪

♪ I'll be a human jelly bean ♪

♪ 'Cause every day is Halloween ♪

♪ For me, for me, for me ♪

♪ I'm so completely original ♪

♪ My new look is all the rage ♪

♪ I'll wrap my small intestines 'round my neck ♪

♪ And set fire to myself on stage ♪

♪ I'll wear a porcupine on my head ♪

♪ On a W-H-I-M ♪

♪ Hey, aye, yay ♪

♪ And for no reason now I'll sing in French ♪

♪ Excusez-moi, qui a PT ♪

♪ Express yourself ♪

♪ Got my straight jacket today, it's made of gold lame ♪

♪ No, not because I'm crazy, I perform this way ♪

♪ I strap prime rib to my feet, cover myself with raw meat ♪

♪ I'll bet you've never seen a skirt steak worn this way ♪

♪ Don't be offended when you see ♪

♪ My latest pop monstrosity ♪

♪ I'm strange, weird, shocking, odd, bizarre ♪

♪ I'm Frankenstein, I'm Avatar ♪

♪ There's nothing too embarrassing ♪

♪ I'll honestly do anything ♪

♪ But wear white after Labor Day ♪

♪ 'Cause baby, I perform this way ♪

♪ Hope you won't think it's cliche if I go nude today ♪

♪ Don't call the cops, now, baby, I perform this way ♪

♪ No reason I should regret all the attention I get ♪

♪ I'm not completely crazy, I perform this way, yeah ♪

♪ I perform this way-hey, I perform this way-hey ♪

♪ I'm always deviating from the norm this way-hey ♪

♪ I perform this way-hey, I perform this way-hey ♪

♪ I'm really not insane, I just perform this way-hey ♪