Lyrics to
I Want You

This version of I Want You was released by Rick Springfield in 1974.

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I never thought I’d feel so alone without you
I never thought I’d want someone so much–I need you
What am I gonna do?

I Want You, I need you, I long to be beside you
I Want You, to see you, I Want You, I Want You

Never have the lights seemed so cold around me
And never have the streets been so empty, surround me
What am I gonna do?

I Want You, I need you, I long to be beside you
I Want You, to see you, I Want You, I Want You

Oh, oh, oh, what am I gonna do?

I Want You, I need you, I long to be beside you
I Want You, to see you, I Want You, I Want You…

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Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides I Want You. Rick Springfield released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like Beginnings, Comic Book Heroes, Mission Magic!, Wait For Night, Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Living In Oz, Beautiful Feelings, Hard To Hold, Tao, Rock Of Life, Sahara Snow, Karma, Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance, The Day After Yesterday, and Christmas With You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rick Springfield.

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About Lyrics and I Want You by Rick Springfield

The lyrics to I Want You are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rick Springfield used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to I Want You have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rick Springfield and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I Want You by Rick Springfield. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I Want You" means the words set to the music of I Want You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I Want You and the lyrics to I Want You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Want You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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