I Wanna Be Loved (5/9/50) - Dinah Washington

I wanna be loved with inspirationI wanna be loved starting

TonightInstead of merely holding conversationHold me tightI

Wanna be kissed until I tingleI wanna be kissed starting tonightEmbrace

Until our heartbeats intermingleWrong or rightI feel like acting my

AgeI’m past the stage of merely turtledoving (be careful, be careful

What you do) I'm in no mood to resistAnd I insist the world owes me a

LovingI wanna be thrilled to desperationI wanna be thrilled

Starting tonight (love me, love me, love me) With every kind of wonderful

SensationI wanna be lovedI feel like acting my ageI’m past the

Stage of merely turtledovingI’m in no mood to resistAnd I insist the

World owes me a lovingI wanna be thrilled to desperationI wanna be

Thrilled starting tonightWith every kind of wonderful sensationI wanna

Be loved