[Verse 1]
I don't wake up pretty
Hair like a hayfield, heart like stone
Coffee strong and bitter
That's the only sweetness that I know
I got scars from loving
I got lines from all the letting go
So if you want the package
You take the heavy with the soul
[Pre-Chorus]
I ain't no porcelain
I ain't no prayer
I'm just a woman
With too much wear
[Chorus]
Take me the way I am
Or leave me in the dust where I began
I won't bend, I won't break
I won't fake it for your sake
Take me the way I am
Or let me go
[Verse 2]
I talk too loud at midnight
I cry at commercials on TV
I hold on too tight to heartache
And I pray when I don't believe
I got a past like thunder
I got dreams that never let me sleep
So if you want this wildfire
You take the burning with the heat
[Pre-Chorus]
I ain't no angel
I ain't no saint
I'm just honest
Even when it ain't
[Chorus]
Take me the way I am
Or leave me in the dust where I began
I won't bend, I won't break
I won't fake it for your sake
Take me the way I am
Or let me go
[Bridge — Scat Section]
Instrumental break with vocal runs
Ooh-ooh-ooh, da-da-da-da, mmm-mmm
Run: Take me as I a-a-a-am, whoa-oh-oh
Scat: Ba-da-ba-da-boom, sha-da-da-day
Run: Or just walk a-wa-a-a-ay, mmm-hmm
Scat: Do-be-do-be-doo, sha-na-na-na
Run: I am what I a-a-a-am, yeah-eah
Scat: Shoo-bee-doo-wah, da-da-da-da-dum
[Final Chorus — With Runs]
Take me the way I a-a-a-am run
Or leave me in the du-u-u-st run
Where I bega-a-a-an run
I won't be-e-e-end run
I won't brea-ea-eak run
I won't fa-a-ake it run
For your sa-a-a-ake run
Take me the way I am
Or let me go
Soft scat: Mmm-mmm, sha-da-da, whoa-oh
Just let me go
Final run: Let me go-o-o-o, mmm-hmm
GypsyMoon
