The Way That You Love Me - Paula Abdul

How many times can I tell you You're lovely just the way you are Don't let the world come and change you Don't let life break your heart Don't put on their mask, don't wear their disguise Don't let them dim the light that shines in your eyes If only you could love yourself the way, that I love you How many times can I say You don't have to change a thing Don't let the tide wash you away And don't let worry ever clip your wings Discard what is fake and keep what is real Pursue what you love, embrace how you feel If only you could love yourself the way, that I love you And if you ever choose a road that leads nowhere All alone and you can't see right from wrong And if you ever lose yourself out there Come on home and I'll sing you this song So how many times can I tell you You're lovely just the way you are Don't let the world come and change you Don't let life break your heart

How many times can I tell you You're lovely just the way you are Don't let the world come and change you Don't let life break your heart Don't put on their mask, don't wear their disguise Don't let them dim the light that shines in your eyes If only you could love yourself the way that I love you How many times can I say You don't have to change a thing Don't let the tide wash you away Don't let worry ever clip your wings Discard what is fake, keep what is real Pursue what you love, embrace how you feel If only you could love yourself the way that I love you And if you ever choose a road that leads nowhere All alone and you can't see right from wrong And if you ever lose yourself out there Come on home and I'll sing you this song So how many times can I tell you You're lovely just the way you are Don't let the world come and change you Don't let life break your heart

We are not young enough to know How to sit and say nothing like we would And you are too tired to control How you look like you feel, like you should And you think I don't notice The way that you were And act like you don't feel it The way that you were And you barely believe it The way that you were And I am so ready To tear that knife from what once Would have been dead fingers Lying blue against the floor And you will no longer Stand between collapsing walls Wearing a smile Like you cannot bear it anymore Come on, tear off the bandage The way that you were With pain as your language The way that you were Will you show me the damage? The way that you were No How much did they hurt you? The way that you were And how much did they break you? The way that you were And how far did they take you? The way that you were You were (oh, no, and I) (You will never be the same, oh, no) (You will never be the same, oh, no) (You will never be the same, oh, no) (Oh-oh-oh-oh...)