[Produced by Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Doc McKinney] [Intro] Yeah, you wanna be loved, yeah Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on You wanna be loved, yeah Listen [Verse 1] Everywhere I go, everywhere I'll be I see lonely hearts and falling leaves Where do those hearts go, do they find their match Or do they drift away, it's time to bring them back [Hook 1] They wanna be loved, they wanna be loved Come on, it's simple enough They wanna be loved, yeah They wanna be loved, they wanna be loved A little piece to the heart They wanna be loved [Verse 2] But everybody knows it don't always last But if I can't have it for long, then I want it fast Better love for now, then for never old So baby, if you're down, give me a call! [Hook 2] I wanna be loved, I wanna be loved Come on, it's simple enough I wanna be loved, yeah Alright, c'mon I wanna be loved, I wanna be loved A little piece to the heart I wanna be loved Yeah [Bridge] La la la la Yeah, don't you wanna be loved Yeah, sing for love, yeah! Yeah, don't you wanna be loved? [Hook 3] You wanna be loved, you wanna be loved Come on, it's simple enough You wanna be loved, yeah Alright You wanna be loved, you wanna be loved A little piece to the heart You wanna be loved, oh yeah!