Classic Poem

(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!