Just the Way You Are (Carnegie Hall, 1977) Songtext
von Billy Joel

Don′t go changing to try and please me
You never let me down before, mmm-hmm-hmm
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 never could have come this far, mmm-hmm
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I take you just the way you are

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


I don't want clever conversation
Never want to work that hard, mmm-hmm-hmm
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

Need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
Oh, what will it take ′til you believe in me?
The way that I believe in you

I said, "I love you," that's forever
And this, I promise from the heart, mmm-hmm-hmm
I couldn′t love you any better
I love you just the way you are

Alright

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard, mmm-hmm
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are, oh