Be As You Are (Acoustic)

Virginia Woolf and poetry
No one seemed to notice me
Being young was getting so old

Cheap beer and cigarettes
Life was like a movie set
And I seemed to be given no role

But in times of trouble
I can turn to my mother
And I know that she gon' understand

So at age eighteen
I cried to my mother
And she told me young man

There are moments when you fall to the ground
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
You don't always have to speak so loud no
Just be as you are
Life is not always a comfortable ride
Everybody's got scars that they hide
And everybody plays the fool sometimes yeah
Just be as you are

They played me on the radio
And everything was changing so
I thought I was all the way grown

But I can still remember in that cold November
When I realized I'm all alone

But in times of trouble
I can turn to my mother
And I know that she gon' understand

So at age twenty-two
I cried to my mother
And she told me young man
There are moments when you fall to the ground
But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud no
Just be as you are
It doesn't matter if you become some star
Life is better when you open your heart
You don't always have to act so hard no
Just be as you are
Just be as you are

Be as you are

Be as you are

If I'm speaking truthfully
I'm not who I used to be
And I know some people might laugh

Cause my music doesn't sound the same
And my head's no longer shaved
I'm worried if I'm on the right path

But in times of trouble
I can turn to my mother
And I know that she gon' understand

So at age twenty-sixth
I spoke to my mother
And she told me young man
There are moments when you fall to the ground
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
You don't always have to speak so loud no
Just be as you are
It doesn't matter if you become some star
Life is better when you open your heart
You don't always have to act so hard no
Just be as you are
Be as you are

Be as you are

Be as you are

Be as you are