I Wanna Be Loved

Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose



I wanna be loved with inspiration!

I wanna be loved, starting tonight

Instead of merely holding conversation

Hold me tight



I wanna be kissed until I tingle

I wanna be kissed starting tonight

Embrace until our heartbeats intermingle

Wrong or right



I feel like acting my age

I'm passed the stage of merely turtle-doving

(be careful, be careful, what you do)

I'm in no mood to resist,

And I insist the world owes me a loving



I wanna be thrilled to desperation

I wanna be thrilled, starting tonight

(love me, love me, love me)

With every kind of wonderful sensation

I wanna be loved



I feel like acting my age

I'm past the stage of merely turtle-doving

I'm in no mood to resist

And I insist the world owes me a loving



I wanna be thrilled to desperation

I wanna be thrilled, starting tonight

With every kind of wonderful sensation

I wanna be loved!