As I Am

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - As I Am 



Ooh, in another place and time

Ooh, 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 to 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 take 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

But you can't put a chain around my soul



But in a perfect world, there's no perfection

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

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

Gotta understand and take me as I am



Ooh, in another place and time

Ooh, 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

Gotta understand and take me as I am



As I am

Now I'm doing the best I can

Gotta understand and take me as I am

Yeah