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