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