Can't Be Loved - Hank Compton

I built a house for a love to grow I was so young that it was hard to know I'm as lost now as I was back then Always make a mess of everything It's about time that I face myself All I do is bleed into someone else Painting walls with all my secret tears Filling rooms with all my hopes and fears But oh my, oh my I'll never learn if I never leap I'll always yearn if I never speak To be loved and love at the highest count Means to lose all the things I can't live without Let it be known that I will choose to lose It's a sacrifice, but I can't live a lie Let it be known, let it be known that I've tried I'm so afraid but I'm open wide I'll be the one to catch myself this time Trying to learn to lean into it all Ain't it funny how the mighty fall Looking back, I don't regret a thing Yeah, I took some bad turns that I am owning I'll stand still and let the storm pass by Keep my heart safe 'til the time feels right But oh my, oh my I'll never learn if I never leap I'll always yearn if I never speak To be loved and love at the highest count Means to lose all the things I can't live without Let it be known that I will choose to lose It's a sacrifice, but I can't live a lie Let it be known Let it be known that I cried for you Even started lying to you What a thing to do All because I wanted To be loved and love at the highest count Means to lose all the things I can't live without Let it be known, known, known That I will choose, I will lose It's a sacrifice, but I can't live a lie Let it be known Let it be known that I tried That I tried Let it be known that I tried

Yeah they wanna be loved, yeah Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on They wanna be loved, yeah Listen (Uh) Everywhere I go Everywhere I be I see lonely hearts and fallen leaves Where did those hearts go? Do they find their match? Or do they drift away? It's time to bring them back They wanna be loved, wanna be loved Come on, it's simple enough They wanna be loved, yeah Alright They wanna be loved, wanna be loved A little kiss and a hug They wanna be loved Now everybody knows it don't always last But if I can't have it for long then I want it fast Better love for now than for never at all So baby if you down, then give me a call I wanna be loved, wanna be loved Come on, it's simple enough I wanna be loved Alright, come on I wanna be loved, wanna be loved A little kiss and a hug I wanna be loved Yeah I wanna be loved, wanna be loved Come on, it's simple enough I wanna be loved Alright, yeah I wanna be loved, wanna be loved A little kiss and a hug I wanna be loved Yeah (La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la) Don't you wanna be loved (La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la) Sing for love (La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la) Don't you wanna be loved? You wanna be loved, wanna be loved Come on, it's simple enough You wanna be loved, yeah You wanna be loved, wanna be loved A little kiss and a hug You wanna be loved