Baby, don't turn out the light
i wanna see you look at me
whisper only truth tonight
not just promises and empty fantasies

i don't need a bed of roses
'cause roses wither away
all i really need is honesty
from someone with a strong heart
a gentle hand
who'll take me as i am

baby, i need for you to know
just exactly how i feel
fiery passions come and go
i'd trade a million pretty words
for one touch that is real

i don't need a bed of roses
'cause roses wither away
all i really need is honesty
from someone with a strong heart
a gentle hand
who'll take me as i am

from someone with a strong heart
a gentle hand
who'll take me as i am
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take me as i am complete track listing:
1. take me as i am (dipiero/staley) - 3:17
2. wild one (bunch/kyle/rambeaux) - 2:45
3. just about now (burr/vezner) - 2:57
4. piece of my heart - 4:01
5. i've got this friend (burch/dant/hill) - 3:46
6. life's too short to love like that (ramos) - 2:37
7. but i will (seals/setser/stewart) - 3:47
8. just around the eyes (burr) - 3:07
9. go the distance (bruce/hill/mchugh) - 3:02
10. i would be stronger than that (burr) - 4:48