Alanis Morissette - Perfect Lyrics

Sometimes is never quite enough
If you're flawless then you'll win my love
Don't forget to win first place
Don't forget to keep that smile on your face

Be a good boy try a little harder
You've got to measure up make me prouder

How long before you screw it up
How many times do I have to tell you to hurry up
With everything I do for you
The least you can do is keep quiet

Be a good girl you've gotta try a little harder
That simply wasn't good enough to make us proud

I'll live for you, I'll make you what I never was
If you're the best then maybe so am I
Compared to him, compared to her
I'm doing this for your own damn good
You'll make up for what I blew
What's the problem, why are you crying?

Be a good boy push a little farther now
That wasn't fast enough to make us happy
We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect

• Anonymous

  In this song Alanis is venting about the pressure her parents push on her to be a child star,a perfect child, as she was already acting by the age of 11 in a Canadian tv show, and had a lot pressure to continue the success .