Take Me Or Leave Me (Original Cast Recording/1996)

[00:09.12] Every single day
[00:11.42] I walk down the street
[00:13.53] I hear people say
[00:14.81] "Baby" so sweet
[00:17.37] Ever since puberty
[00:19.03] Everybody stares at me
[00:20.83] Boys, girls
[00:21.83] I can't help it, baby
[00:24.78] So be kind
[00:25.95] And don't lose your mind
[00:28.89] Just remember
[00:30.14] That I'm your baby
[00:33.59] Take me for what I am
[00:37.97] Who I was meant to be
[00:41.78] And if you give a damn
[00:46.28] Take me baby or leave me
[00:52.40] Take me baby or leave me
[00:56.43] A tiger in a cage
[00:58.47] Can never see the sun
[01:00.46] This diva needs her stage
[01:02.46] Baby, let's have fun!
[01:04.82] You are the one I choose
[01:06.84] Folks would kill to fill your shoes
[01:09.02] You love the limelight too now, baby
[01:12.67] So be mine
[01:13.61] But don't waste my time
[01:16.75] Cryin', "Oh honeybear
[01:18.18] Are you still my, my, my baby?"
[01:21.63] Take me for what I am
[01:25.59] Who I was meant to be
[01:29.25] And if you give a damn
[01:33.76] Take me baby or leave me
[01:38.21] No way, can I be what I'm not
[01:42.28] But hey, don't you want your girl hot?
[01:46.47] Don't fight, don't lose your head
[01:50.29] 'Cause every night, who's in your bed?
[01:56.31] Who, who's in your bed?
[02:02.40] Kiss, pookie
[02:03.92] It won't work, I look before I leap
[02:06.99] I love margins and discipline
[02:08.96] I make lists in my sleep
[02:10.92] Baby, what's my sin?
[02:13.03] Never quit, I follow through
[02:15.05] I hate mess, but I love you
[02:17.00] What to do with my impromptu baby?
[02:20.91] So be wise
[02:22.14] 'Cause this girl satisfies
[02:24.60] You've got a prize, so don't compromise
[02:26.74] You're one lucky baby
[02:29.82] Take me for what I am
[02:32.57] (A control freak)
[02:33.51] Who I was meant to be
[02:35.93] (A snob, yet over-attentive)
[02:38.02] And if you give a damn
[02:40.43] (A lovable, droll geek)
[02:42.01] Take me baby or leave me
[02:44.04] (An anal retentive!)
[02:46.38] That's it! The straw that breaks my back
[02:50.60] I quit, unless you take it back
[02:54.88] Women, what is it about them?
[02:58.98] Can't live with them or without them!
[03:04.85] Take me for what I am
[03:09.14] Who I was meant to be
[03:10.79] (Who I was meant to be)
[03:12.84] And if you give a damn
[03:14.91] (And if you give a damn then you'll)
[03:17.39] Take me baby or leave me
[03:19.35] (Oh take me baby, take me or leave me)
[03:23.52] Take me baby
[03:30.42] Or leave me
[03:35.94] Guess I'm leaving
[03:38.38] I'm gone!
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