Just the way you are

i decided to pop in the billy joel cd, while driving to work, today. was skipping songs and suddenly this one started playing. its a brilliant song but today it took on a whole new meaning for me. i have in my past tried to change myself in a lot of ways just so i could fit in. if someone didnt like something about me i tried very hard not to be that way.

over a period of time i have learnt that regardless of what you might do to cover up some things that are inherent in you, they keep coming back. those are tough to change and unless the need comes from within you cant really do much about them.

i was talking recently about just being honest and not faking it. i think thats what i am trying to say here as well. just be yourself and things will be just fine.....i think of myself as a confident, smart, caring, sensitive, loving person and i now know that these are the qualities that really matter.....DAMN!! i forgot FUNNY :))

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
I don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.