[Verse 1]
There's a girl I wanna hate
'Cause she's loud and she's pretty
And she steals the attention
Every time that she's with me
But she lays there at night
In a bed made of broken trust
She just wants to be loved
[Verse 2]
There's a guy I used to date
A bad boy from the city
Puts holes in girls' hearts
Like a psycho with a gun
But he's got one in his
And that's why he does what he does
He just wants to be loved, loved
[Chorus]
Yeah, the older I get
The clearer I see
That we do what we do
'Cause we need what we need
And we've all got the same
Longing inside of us
We're hatin' and chasin' and hurtin' each other because
We just wanna be loved
[Verse 3]
Then there's me, I'm a risk
Don't care enough to lose it
If I fail, so be it
I'm still worthy, but the truth is
I wonder every day if I'm enough
I just wanna be loved, loved
[Chorus]
Oh, the older I get
The clearer I see
That we do what we do
'Cause we need what we need
And we've all got the same
Longing inside of us
We're hatin' and chasin' and hurtin' each other because
We just wanna be loved
[Post-Chorus]
Loved, loved, loved
I wanna be loved
And you wanna be loved
And we wanna be loved
[Outro]
I see it now for what it is and what it was, oh
We just wanna be loved