"Just the Way You Are" — Billy Joel's 1977 acceptance, Sinatra's appropriation.
Dont go changin just to try to please me
You never let me down before
And dont imagine youre too familiar
And I dont see you anymore
I would not leave you in times of trouble
We could have never come this far
I took the good times, Ill take the bad times
Ill take you any way you are
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take until you believe in me
The way that I believe in you?
I said "i love you", and thats forever
And this I promise from my heart
I could not love you, love you any better
I love you just the way you are
I dont want clever, clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are
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- Written by Billy Joel in 1977, Grammy winner for Record and Song of the Year. Sinatra recording it for Trilogy (1980) — claiming contemporary pop for the Songbook tradition. The compliment that asks for no change.