Billy Eckstine I Wanna Be Loved
- words by billy rose and eddie heyman, music by johnny green
- the andrews sisters had a # 1 hit with "i wanna be loved" 20 years after
the song was first introduced
- lyrics as recorded in los angeles march 30, 1950 by the andrews sisters
with gordon jenkins & his orchestra. lead vocal by patty andrews.
- also charted in 1950 by billy eckstine (# 7); hugo winterhalter (# 11); dinah
washington (# 22); dottie o'brien (# 23); and jan garber (# 28).
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 past the stage of merely turtledoving
(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 turtledoving
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
