I Wanna Be Loved Lyrics

I WANNA BE LOVED
The Andrews Sisters

- 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

The Andrews Sisters - 20th Century Masters: The Best of the Andrews Sisters (Millennium Collection)

Mar 2000

1. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means You're Grand)
2. Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food)
3. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
4. Shoo-Shoo Baby
5. Near You
6. I Wanna Be Loved
7. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive