[Verse 1]
If only I could read your mind
I could heal your broken heart
I could mend you when you're falling apart
I wanna love you
I wanna care
But there's not a thing that I can do
Not until you say that you want me there
[Pre-Chorus]
And that you want me to love you forever
I know it's what you want
Though it's easy to say that you don't
[Chorus]
I know you want to
Girl, I know you want to
I'm not ashamed to say to you
(You're all I've ever wanted)
I know you want to
Girl, I know you want to
So turn around, come to me now
Is it worth it all if there's no love?
Love, no no no no love...
[Verse 2]
I hear your heartbeat
I feel you shiver
And in the stillness of the night
(I can hear the angels saying to me)
She wants to love you
She wants to care
But she's so afraid of a broken heart
(She's afraid to fall)
Will someone be there?
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, I'll pick you up and put you together
I know it's what you want
Though you constantly say that you don't
[Chorus]
I know you want to
Girl, I know you want to
I am not ashamed to say to you
(You're all I've ever wanted)
I know you want to
Girl, I know you want to
So turn around, come to me now
Is it worth it all if there's no love?
[Bridge]
Do you spend every moment trying to hide out?
From the way you know you truly feel
And is it really real, you know
How can you keep denying that you really love me
You can try to fool somebody else
But you're lying to yourself
[Chorus]
I know you want to
Girl, I know you want to
I'm not ashamed to say to you
(You're all I've ever wanted)
I know you want to
Girl, I know you want to
So turn around, come to me now
Is it worth it all if there's no love?
(You're all I've ever wanted)
I know you want to
Girl, I know you want to
So turn around, come to me now
Is it worth it all if there's no love?
No love, no love...yeah
I Know You Want To was written by David Gamson & Luther Vandross & Porter Carroll.
I Know You Want To was produced by Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller.
Luther Vandross released I Know You Want To on Tue Sep 20 1988.