I just want to be wanted, oh
I could use a little love sometimes
I just need to be needed, oh
Like to know I'm crossin' someone's mind
She said, "Every time I close my eyes I feel like I could disappear (disappear)
I could overflow an ocean with the cavalcade of all my tears (all my tears)
And I know I sound dramatic, but that's just how it feels" (how it feels)
She said, "I'm holdin' to the notion that I'll found something real"
Yeah, I just wanna be wanted, oh
I could use a little love sometimes
I just need to be needed, oh
Like to know I'm crossin' someone's mind
I just wanna be someone that somebody needs
I just wanna be more than a drop in the sea
I just wanna be-
And I just wanna be wanted
I just wanna be-
She said, "I'm countin' up my karma and I think it's time to cash it in (cash it in)
So tired of livin' in a shadow of a mountain of what might've been (might've been)
And I know I sound dramatic, but that's just how it feels (how it feels)
I've been looking for somebody to tell me that I'm real"
Yeah, I just wanna be wanted, oh
I could use a little love sometimes
I just need to be needed, oh
Like to know I'm crossin' someone's mind
I just wanna be someone that somebody needs
I just wanna be more than a drop in the sea
I just wanna be-
Yeah, I just wanna be wanted
I just wanna be-
(Oh yeah, yeah)
We just wanna be wanted
(Ooh)
She said, "I'm countin' up my karma and I think it's time to cash it in (cash it in)
So tired of livin' in a shadow of a mountain of what might've been"