Just the Way You Are

Billy Joel

Don’t go changing, to try and please me 
You never let me down before 
Don’t imagine you’re too familiar 
And I don’t see you anymore 
I wouldn’t leave you in times of trouble 
We never could have come this far 
I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times 
I’ll take you just the way you are 

Don’t go trying some new fashion 
Don’t change the color of your hair 
You always have my unspoken passion 
Although I might not seem to care 

I don’t want clever conversation 
I never want to work that hard 
I just want someone that I can talk to 
I want you just the way you are. 

I need to know that you will always be 
The same old someone that I knew 
What will it take till you believe in me 
The way that I believe in you. 

I said I love you and that’s forever 
And this I promise from the heart 
I could not love you any better 
I love you just the way you are.

The Stranger Album
1977