Lyrics

Changed
By Ted Horrell

I could put all of the things I feel aside
I could take the things that cause you pain, and find a place to hide them
I could check myself before I spoke my mind
And I’d be changed

I could keep all of my darker thoughts from you
I could act the way you dream about and say what you want me to
I could alter my response to fit your mood
And I’d be changed
But it wouldn’t be the same

When you tell me that you love me
Are there percentages involved?
If you’d subtract so many things from what I am
Is it really love at all?

I could adjust my mood to better suit your whim
I could eliminate the things you didn’t like much about him
I could take my sturdy frame and make it bend
And I’d be changed
But it wouldn’t be the same

When you tell me that you love me
Are there percentages involved?
If you’d subtract so many things from what I am
Is it really love at all?

Because I need you to need me the way that I am
And I want you to see that I can’t be like him
I know I’ve got some growing still to do
But I can’t do everything you want me to

If I started now and worked so very hard
In a year or so you’d never know who I was when I started
And then you’d have the man that you desired
And I’d be changed
But it wouldn’t be the same
And I’d be changed
But it wouldn’t be the same