Lyrics to
I Want You

This version of I Want You was released by Marvin Gaye in 1976.

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I want you, (& I want you)
The right way (& the right way)
I want you (Yes I do)
But I want you to want me too (Want me too)
Want you to want me, baby (& I wanna it 2 be the right way)
Just like I want you

I give you all the love I want in return sweet darlin’
But half a 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 wan’t you to want me too
Want 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 and fair
Don’t play with something you should cherish for life, oh baby
Don’t you wanna care
Aint it lonely out there

I want you – the right way
I want you
But I wan’t you to want me too
Want you to want me, baby
Just like I want you

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The lyrics for I Want You are defined as the words making up the song released by Marvin Gaye in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I Want You have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Marvin Gaye and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to I Want You by Marvin Gaye if you think through it. 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 Marvin Gaye. 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 Marvin Gaye 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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