Love To Be Loved

Peter Gabriel

Intro: Em

1. So, you know how people are. When it's all gone much too far   
   The way their minds are made. Still, there's something you should know   
   That I could not let show that fear of letting go
   And in this moment, I need to be needed
   With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked
   In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted
   'Cause I love to be loved
   I love to be loved
   I love to be loved
   Yes, I love to be loved

2. I cry the way that babies cry. The way they can't deny   
   the way they feel. Words, they climb all over you   
   'Til they uncover you from where you hide
   And in this moment, I need to be needed
   When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked
   In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted
   'Cause I love to be loved
   I love to be loved
   I love to be loved
   Oh I love to be loved

*: This old familiar craving
   I've been here before, this way of behaving
   Don't know who the hell I'm saving anymore
   Let it pass let it go let it leave
   From the deepest place I grieve
   This time I believe

   And I let go
   And I let go
   I can let go of it
   Though it takes all the strength in me
   And all the world can see
   I'm losing such a central part of me
   I can let go of it
   You know I mean it
   You know that I mean it
   I recognize how much I've lost
   But I cannot face the cost
   'Cause I love to be loved
   
   Yes I love to be loved
   I love to be loved
   I love to be loved
   I love to be loved
   Yes I love to be loved