As I Am

In another place and time

I will be the vision in your mind

I wanted to be everything you wanted

I wanted to be everything you needed

I wanted what I said to bring you laughter

I wanted what I did to make you smile

But in a perfect world there's no perfection

'Cause in a world of dreams, you're only dreaming

I want it to be real, I just can't fake it

As I am

Take me as I am

Now I'm only flesh and blood

Oh, I wish that you could love me as I am

You thought you had me tucked inside your pocket

You thought you had me under your control

Well, you can put my smiling picture in a locket

You can put a chain around my soul

But in a perfect world there's no perfection

'Cause in a world of dreams, you're only dreaming

Don't try to make me feel that I can't make it

As I am

Take me as I am

Now I'm only flesh and blood

Oh, I wish that you could love me as I am

As I am

Now I'm doing the best I can

Try to understand and take me as I am

In another place and time

I will be the vision in your mind

As I am

Take me as I am

Now I'm only flesh and blood

Oh, I wish that you could love me as I am

As I am

Now I'm doing the best I can

Try to understand and take me as I am

As I am

Now I'm doing the best I can

Try to understand and take me as I am

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