I Wanna Be Loved Lyrics

- 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 firstduced
- 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