I'm just a man and I am what I am   Nobody will ever change my ways   I don't need money and I don't need no lies   I only need to live for today   But I'd like to talk things over with you   I want to hear the things you say, today   Although you won't change my anyway, no no way      I wish you'd come and see me, I'd like to hold you   I want to set my mind all free   You understand me woman, you give me time   But I don't need no sympathy   Still I wonder what it's like to be loved   Instead of hiding in myself   Nobody will change me anyway, no no way      Nobody's gonna change my world   That's something too unreal   Nobody will change the way I feel      So listen to me now, hear what I say   Please give me time and maybe love   If there's a God up there, well I hope he helps me   I need him now to set me free   'Cause it may be that it's over for me   If you don't hear the things that I say, today   Nobody will change me anyway, no no way      Nobody's gonna change my world, that's something too unreal   Nobody will change the way I feel