She's been holding on too long hoping I'm gonna change. Giving it up just a little bit more each time I come home, looking and acting strange. Putting her down for putting up with me. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Do you think you might improve me, trying to take control? Watching every little thing I do just like a bleeding movie, just like a leading role? Mama, this ain't me and I don't believe that's you. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. First you make believe, I believe the things that you make believe and I'm bound to let you down. Then it's I who have been deceiving, purposely misleading, and all along you believed in me. So we circle around one another playing I guessing game, strangers at this masquerade. Pretending to know each other, we strain to catch a name and never see the mistakes we must have made. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am.
