(with Billy Rose)

VERSE

Man, you funny thing,
Don't you know it's Spring?
Ev'ry bench and swing
Discovers lovers.
Here we sit and sit
While the moon is lit.
Am I feeling happy?
Not a bit.

REFRAIN 1

I wanna be loved with inspiration,
I wanna be loved starting tonight.
Instead of merely holding conversation,
Hold me tight!
I wanna be loved, I crave affection,
Those kisses of yours
I'd gladly share.
I want your eyes to shine in my direction.
Make me care!
I want the kind of romance
That should be strong and equally as tender.
I only ask for the chance
To know the meaning of the word " surrender. "
I wanna be thrilled by only you, dear,
I wanna be thrilled by your caress.
I wanna find each dream of mine come true, dear,
I wanna be loved!
I wanna be loved!

REFRAIN 2

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 doving.
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 ev'ry kind of crazy new sensation, I wanna be
I wanna be loved!