For Who I Am Today
by Brad Ryder
Verse
1: He blew her last paycheck on a
microphone and deck,
He thought he’d write some songs to earn a buck;
Then when he tired of that, he made the rounds and
sat
At the poker tables, waiting on his luck.
Chorus: Now the woman in his life sees a
different man each night;
She asks him if at last he’s found his way.
She knows she shouldn’t pry, for he gives the same
reply:
Why don’t you take me as I am, he’ll say,
And love me for who I am today.
Verse
2: He thought that he could score,
and have to work no more
With
a new nine hundred service he had leased;
And
when that didn’t go, he turned to the rodeo,
But
had to quit -- the horses made him sneeze.
Repeat
chorus.
Bridge: His basement’s full of projects left
undone:
A
woodwork set, some old TV’s, and golf balls by the ton;
A
big old thing that might have been a bar.
God
knows what he was thinking when he tore apart that car.
Verse
3: He’s never been the kind that
could dedicate his time
And
follow up to make a dream come true;
The
only thing he knows is this woman that he chose
Is
all he really needs to get him through.
Repeat
chorus.
Tag: She knows he’ll change his plan,
But she helps him when she can;
Why don’t you take me as I am,
she’ll say,
And love me for who you are today.
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