She's been holding on too long hoping I'm gonna change. nGiving it up just a little bit more each time I come home, looking and acting strange.nPutting her down for putting up with me.nnBe as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am.nnDo you think you might improve me, trying to take control?nWatching every little thing I do just like a bleeding movie, just like a leading role?nMama, this ain't me and I don't believe that's you.nnBe as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am.nnFirst you make believe, I believe the things that you make believenand I'm bound to let you down.nThen it's I who have been deceiving, purposely misleading,nand all along you believed in me.nnSo 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.nnBe as you are, as you see, as I am, I am. Be as you are, as you see, as I am, I am