In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you. Dorothy Parker
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The first time I ever heard this song was when I was just out of high school. It was the first time I had ever seen the song performed live. The first time I heard her perform it live, it just blew me away. The song is about how you can’t change someone else or change the way you are if they don’t like you for who you are.

Source: The Complete Poems Of Dorothy Parker

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