Lyrics: As I Am
Album: Pure And Simple
Artist: Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
 

(joan jett/desmond child)

Oooh, in another place and time oooh, 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 it under your control
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 make me feel like 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
Try to understand
And love me as i am

Oooo, in another place and time
Oooo, 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
Try to understand
Now i know god has a plan
And i guess that’s why she made me
As i am