One of the finest songs Karen Carpenter ever sang,
here s my take of the piece.
Comments and/or corrections are most welcomed
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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 rearrange my life
Because it pleases you
Chorus:
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 on 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
(Repeat Chorus)
Coda: (First 4 lines Chorus Chords)
(Repeat last four lines of chorus)
(Repeat last two lines of chorus)