TAKE ME AS I AM
(Boudleaux Bryant)
Bob Dylan


Why must you always try to make me over?
Take me as I am or let me go. 
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover, 
Take me as I am or let me go. 
You are trying to reshape me in a mould, love, 
In the image of someone you used to know. 
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love, 
Take me as I am or let me go. 

You've tried to change me ever since you've met me. 
Take me as I am or let me go. 
If you can not overlook my faults, forget me, 
Take me as I am or let me go. 

You are trying to reshape me in a mould, love, 
In the image of someone you used to know. 
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love, 
Take me as I am or let me go.