JUST THE WAY YOU ARE by BILLY JOEL

William Martin Joel atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai Billy Joel, pria kelahiran 9 Mei 1949, mengaku ketika menulis lagu Just the Way You Are ini, dipersembahkan sebagai hadiah ulang tahun untuk Elizabeth Weber, istri pertamanya.

Just the Way You Are, menjadi salah satu hits single di album The Stranger yang dirilis pada September 1977. Sukses merebut Grammy Awards untuk kategori Records of the Year dan Song of the Year, tahun 1978.

Banyak musisi dan penyanyi yang me-recycle lagu ini, diantaranya Diana Krall, Grover Washington Jr, Barry White, Shirley bassey, Jose Feliciano, Engelbert Humperdink, dan frank Sinatra.

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don't want 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.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.

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