(B.Joel)

[Recorded August 22, 1979, New York]



[jazz tempo to start]



Don't go changin' just to try to please me

You never let me down before

And don't imagine you're too familiar

And I don't see you anymore



I would not leave you in times of trouble

We could have never come this far

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times

I'll take you any way you are



I need to know that you will always be

The same old someone that I knew

What will it take until 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 my heart

I could not love you, love you any better

I love you just the way you are



[instrumental]



[slower with lush strings]

I don't want clever, 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



[instrumental to end]