(Carly Simon/Mike Mainieri/Sid McGinnis)
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You imagine when you see her
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That she's nothing less that perfect
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That she has no aspirations
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Beyond driving in her car
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The car she looks so good in
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Will she ever look that good again
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You'll never have to know
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Because she's gone
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She passes in the left lane
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And you're turned on by the chase
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Her hair flies in the wind
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As your mind begins to race
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The grass is always greener
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But I wish you could have seen her
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Drunk and lying with the gutter in her face
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Take me as I am
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Take me as I am
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For the woman that I am
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Take me as I am
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You think she knows the bible
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And can swin the English Channel
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Writes novels in her spare time
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In a cabin in her woods
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You wish I'd gone to college
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And you wish I'd let my hair grow
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You wish I didn't have so many moods
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Take me as I am
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Take me as I am
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For the woman that I am
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Take me as I am
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Take me as I am
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Once you said you were in love with me
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And maybe you still are
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But the passion you once showed me
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Now is lost among the stars
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And you fancy some new fancy girl
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Will come and change your life around
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But she just turned the corner in her car
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While for some other dreamin' driver
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I am that romantic stranger
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Lookin' better than I am
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More mysterious by far
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Speeding through his dreams
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While I'm drivin' in my car
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Take me as I am
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Take me as I am
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For the woman that I am
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Take me as I am
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Take me as I am
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Take Me As I Am
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| Carly Simon |