Take Me As I Am (or Let Me Go) Lyrics - Bobby Bare

Why must you always try to make me over? 

Take me as I am or let me go 

White lilies never grow on stalks of clover 

Take me as I am or let me go 

You're trying to reshape me in a mold o' love 

In the image of someone you used to know 

But I won't be a stand-in for an old love 

Take me as I am or let me go 

You've tried to change me ever since you've met me 

Take me as I am or let me go 

If you cannot overlook my faults, forget me 

Take me as I am or let me go 

You're trying to reshape me in a mold o' now 

But I won't be a stand-in for an old love 

Take me as I am or let me go