[Intro]
Oh, my baby, baby
I love you more than I can tell
I don't think I can live without you
And I know that I never will
Oh, my baby, baby
I want you so it scares me to death
I can't say anymore than "I love you"
Everything else is a waste of breath

[Verse 1]
I want you
You've had your fun, you don't get well no more
I want you
Your fingernails go dragging down the wall
Be careful, darling, you might fall

[Verse 2]
I want you
I woke up, and one of us was crying
I want you
You said: "Young man, I do believe you're dying"
I want you
If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
I want you
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
[Verse 3]
I want you
Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget?
I want you
Since when were you so generous and inarticulate?
I want you
It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
It's the way your shoulders shake and what they're shaking for
I want you
It's knowing that he knows you now after only guessing
It's the thought of him undressing you or you undressing

[Verse 4]
I want you
He tossed some tatty compliment your way
I want you
And you were fool enough to love it when he said
"I want you"

[Verse 5]
I want you
The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark
It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark
I want you
Go on and hurt me, then we'll let it drop
I want you
I'm afraid I won't know where to stop
I want you
I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you
I want you
I want to know the things you did that we do too
I want you
I want to hear he pleases you more than I do
I want you
I might as well be useless for all it means to you
I want you
Did you call his name out as he held you down?
I want you
Oh no, my darling, not with that clown
I want you
[Verse 6]
I want you
You've had your fun, you don't get well no more
I want you
No one who wants you could want you more

[Outro]
I want you
I want you
I want you
Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up
I want you
I'm going to say it once again till I instill it
I know I'm going, going, to feel this way until you kill it
I want you
I want you
I want you