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 a [not "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 -