Lyrics to i want you by marvin gaye
Where do you start with a song like Marvin Gaye’s I Want You? A piece that I’m sure most people spot as sonic perfection. All of them ascribing a different meaning, their possess personal story, to the music and lyrics. Is it simply a treasure / lust song, a hymn, a celebration, or is it something more? For me it’s shot through with this pretty melancholy, this incredible unrequited yearning.* Its combination of congas, low-key strings, and acid-edged guitar, creating an unshakeable air of anticipation and ache.
“Don’t you wanna care, ain’t it lonely out there?”
But maybe that’s just an ugly duckling’s point of view.
Leon Ware and Arthur T-Boy Ross (Diana’s ill-fated brother) were the writers, but enjoy everything he recorded, Marvin inhabits, lives the ballad. Drawing on a sadness, a sorrow, way, way deep down. Soaring from his tenor to elevated notes that always produce me tear up. His soul on show. Pain palpable. In part, a reflection of the turbulent “triangular” relationship that he found himself in.**
Back in the preliminary s I saw Madonna list I Want You in her all period top ten tunes, which made her seem a little bit more human, momentarily vuln
Lyrics of a song Marvin Gaye - I Need You (vocal)
(I want you) I want you, (the right way) the right way, baby
(I want you) yes, I do, (but I want you to want me, too) long me, too
(Want you to want me baby) (girl, I want you to do right, baby)
Just fancy I want you
Oh, I'll give you all the love I want in return, sweet darling
But half a love is all i feel
Ooh, it's too bad, it's just too sad, you don't desire me
But I'm gonna alter your mind
Someway, somehow, oh baby
I want you, the right way
I want you, but I want you to want me too
Want you to want me baby
Just like I need you
Oooh, One way adore is just a fantasy, oww sugar
To share is precious, pure & equitable, oooh
Don't play with somethin' you should cherish for life, oh baby
Don't you wanna care? Ain't it lonely out there?
I desire you, want you, baby
I want you, but i want you to desire me, too
Oh, I crave to get down, baby
(Just like I want you) When I get down with you
yeah, darling! ohhh
get down, baby, whoo, hold mercy
listen, precious
I've wanted you a long time
I crave you, I need you bad
aww, baby, you're so good
owwwwwwwwwwww!
I want you, the right way, baby
I wish you, baby, b
Lyrics of I Want You by Marvin Gaye
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I want you the right way, I want you but I want you to want me too
Want you to desire me, baby, just favor I want you
I give you all the love, I want in return, sweet darlin'
But half of love is all I feel
It's too bad, it's just too sad, you don't want me now
But I'm gonna change your mind, someway, somehow, oh baby
I want you the right way, I want you but I want you to need me too
I desire you to want me, baby, just like I want you
This one way love is just a fantasy, oh sugar
To share is precious, pure an' fair
Don't play with somethin', you should cherish for experience, oh baby
Don't you wanna care, ain't it lonely out there
I want you the right way, I want you but I want you to want me too
I want you to get down, baby, when I get down with you
I want you the right way, baby
I want you, toddler, but I want you to want me too, baby
Want you to want me, baby, just like I want you
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