I know I'm far from perfect Too set in my ways for my own good And there's other things about me You think you'd like to change if you just could I could let you shape me Mold me like a potter's piece of clay But you really wouldn't want me that way It's a crazy world we live in And it keeps on getting tougher all the time You say you wish I wouldn't let Life's troubles weigh so heavy on my mind When things are wrong I guess That I could smile pretending everything's okay But you really wouldn't want me that way I'm just the man I've always been I don't know how to be nobody else And a man can only change so much Till he becomes a shadow of himself I never could be happy if I were Just your puppet on a string Yes, I could change But you really wouldn't want me that way Now don't misunderstand me I want to be a man that makes you proud I ain't ashamed to show How much I love you every way that I know how I can make concessions But, don't ask me to bend until I break 'Cause you really wouldn't want me that way Don't ask me tomorrow to become someone I wasn't yesterday 'Cause you really wouldn't want me that way