Story Behind The Song

We all have probably found ourselves in situations in which we were so busy trying to please everyone around us that we ended up pleasing no one and behaving quite inconsistently, particularly when there were people with conflicting interests around us. The thought of anyone being unhappy with us creates anxiety, and we respond by trying harder to make everyone happy. Deep down, we realize that this behavior is compulsive. Addictive, really. Only this addiction is not to any particular substance - it is an addiction to the need to be liked by everyone. So I came up with the phrase "people-pleasing junkie" to poke fun at the almost universal tendency that we have to be this way.

Song Description

This is a satirical, tongue-in-cheek song about our incessant need to please the people around us - often at ridiculous costs.

Lyrics

Won?t you tell me what you think of me, tell me how you feel
I want to know what you say of me, you know I aim to please
I?m a schmoozer, just a loser
Won?t you tell me what you want from me, tell me what you like
I?m a glutton for all your songs of praise, I?d sell my soul for more
I?m a schmoozer, just loser

Chorus:
I?m a people-pleasing junkie
I don?t know when I started
But lately I?ve been thinking
I?ve got to kick this habit
Oh yeah, yeah? hey, hey, yeah yeah

I know just what you want to hear, that?s all I ever say
If I know where you want me to be, I?ll be there every time
I?m reptilian, a chameleon
I dress like you and talk like you and wear my hair like you do
I blend in so well wherever I go, I don?t know who I am
I?m reptilian, a chameleon

Chorus

I?m quick to make a compromise if it makes me wise in your eyes
I?ll toss aside conviction ? it?s just fiction in disguise
I?m a schmoozer, just a loser
I?m wet clay in your hands
I let you mold and make me
But why do I let you be God?
I must be outta my mind

Bridge:
Oh, I don?t know when I started
But it?s been messing with my head
And lately I?ve been thinking that
I?ve got to kick this habit
I?m a people-pleasing junkie
I?ve been running on close to empty
And lately I?ve been thinking that
I?ve got to kick this habit

Chorus2:
I?m a people-pleasing junkie
I don?t know when I started
But lately I?ve been thinking
I?ve got to kick this habit
Oh yeah, yeah? hey, hey
Well, I?m a people-pleasing junkie
I don?t know when I started
But lately I?ve been thinking
I?ve got to kick this habit
Dear God, please come release me
From my captivity
I am a people-pleasing junkie
Get this monkey off of me
Oh yeah, yeah? hey, hey, yeah yeah