From the recording Nine Decades of Jazz featuring Billy Wallace
I selected this song one because I was working with Billy Wallace who knew it well and two the lyrics. So many beautiful and nearly forgotten tunes. This is one I will always treasure. John W (Johnny) Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose
I Wanna Be Loved (1933) A tune inspired by Dinah Washington's version, Billy was a working musician when this song became popular.
Lyrics
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 me till our heartbeats intermingle
Wrong or right
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
Baby, can't you see
I wanna be thrilled to desperation
I wanna be thrilled starting tonight
With every kind of wonderful sensation
I wanna be loved
Oh, desperation
I wanna be thrilled starting tonight
With every kind of wonderful sensation
I wanna be loved