From the 1958 musical “Say, Darling”.
Words by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Music by Jule Styne.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Try to love me just as I am
Try to understand
That I can be much more than I am
If you’ll hold my hand
For it makes you grow to know
You’re loved for what you are
So just the way I am
Please say you’ll take me
Then I can climb as high as the sky
Your love will help me try