She's been holding on too long Hoping I'm gonna change Giving it up just a little bit more Each time I come home Looking and acting strange Putting her down for putting up with me (Chorus) Be as you are As you see as I am I am Be as you are As you see as I am I am Do you think you might improve me Trying to take control Watching every little thing I do Just like a bleeding movie Just like a leading role Mama, this ain't me and I don't Believe that's you - Chorus - First you make believe I believe the things That you make believe And I'm bound to let you down Then it's I who have been deceiving Purposely misleading And all along you believed in me So we circle around one another Playing I guessing game Strangers at this masquerade Pretending to know each other We strain to catch a name And never see the mistakes we must have made - Chorus -