Why Can’t You Love Me For Who I Am

Verse 1

Oil-stained hands on a Sunday best shirt

I scrubbed till they bled but the work never quits

You want the man in the photographs

Neat and smiling with his collar starched

But that boy left home when daddy got sick

Pre-Chorus

I'm asking you now

With all that I've got

Can you meet me halfway

Or is that too much to ask

Chorus

Why can't you love me for who I am

I'm not gonna change who I've always been

Broke down truck and a two-room shack

Calloused heart that keeps coming back

Why can't you love me for who I am

Verse 2

You liked the fire when we were young

Wild nights down by the riverside

Now you want a man who reads the news

Sips his coffee slow and picks his words

But the same two boots that danced with you

Are the ones that walk these gravel roads

Pre-Chorus

I'm asking you now

Down on both knees

Is the man I am

Not the man you need

Chorus

Why can't you love me for who I am

I'm not gonna change who I've always been

Broke down truck and a two-room shack

Calloused heart that keeps coming back

Why can't you love me for who I am

Harmonica Solo

Bridge

Maybe someday you'll see

The dust and the scars mean something to me

Every crooked line on this weathered face

Is a road I drove to find my way

I ain't perfect and I ain't proud

But I'm standing here saying it loud

Chorus

Why can't you love me for who I am

I'm not gonna change who I've always been

Broke down truck and a two-room shack

Calloused heart that keeps coming back

Why can't you love me for who I am

Outro

Why can't you love me

Why can't you love me

For who I am