OOOh, in another place and time OOOh, I will be the vision in your mind      I wanted to be everything you wanted   I wanted to be everything you needed   I wanted what I said   To bring to you laughter   I wanted what I did to make you smile      But in a perfect world   There's no perfection   Cause in a world of dreams   You're only dreaming   I want it to be real   I just can't take it      As I am   Take me as I am   Now I'm only flesh and blood   Oh I wish that you could   Love me as I am      You thought you had me   Tucked inside your pocket   You thought you had it under your control   You can put my smiling picture in a locket   But you can't put a chain around my soul      But in a perfect world   There's no perfection   Cause in a world of dreams   You're only dreamin'   Don't make me feel like I can't make it      As I am   Take me as I am   Now I'm only flesh and blood   Oh I wish that you could   Love me as I am   As I am   Now I'm doing the best I can   Try to understand   And love me as I am      Oooo, in another place and time   Oooo, I will be the vision in your mind      As I am   Take me as I am   Now I'm only flesh and blood   Oh I wish that you could   Love me as I am   As I am   Now I'm doing the best I can   Try to understand   Now I know God has a plan   And I guess that's why she made me   As I am