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 18
 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 22
 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)
 Whoa
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 Be as you are
 Be as you are
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 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 26
 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)
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 Be as you are
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 Be as you are
 Be as you are