Love me for What I Am
Carpenters

We fell in love on the first night that we met
Together we've been happy
I have very few regrets.
The ordinary problems have not been hard to face
But lately little changes have been slowly taking place

You're always finding something
Is wrong in what I do
But you can't re-arrange my life
Because it pleases you.

You've got to love me for what I am
For simply being me
Don't love me for what you intend
Or hope that I will be
And if you're only using me
To feed your fantasy
You're really not in love
So let me go, I must be free.

If what you want isn't natural for me
I won't pretend to keep you
What I am I have to be
The picture of perfection is only in your mind
For all your expectations, love can never be designed
We either take each other for everything we are
Or leave the life we've made behind
And make another start

You've got to love me for what I am
For simply being me
Don't love me for what you intend
Or hope that I will be
And if you're only using me
To feed your fantasy
You're really not in love
So let me go, I must be free.
You're really not in love
So let me go, I must be free.