“Lookin' for Love” was written by two school teachers and rejected by over 20 other artists before Johnny Lee agreed to record it. It was included on the soundtrack to the 1980 film Urban Cowboy.
The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, Lee’s only US top 40 hit. “Lookin' for Love” also toppe...
[Verse 1]
Well, I spent a lifetime looking for you
Single bars and good time lovers were never true
Playing a fool's game, hoping to win
And telling those sweet lies and losing again
[Chorus]
I was lookin' for love in all the wrong places
Lookin' for love in too many faces
Searchin' their eyes, lookin' for traces
Of what I'm dreamin' of
Hoping to find a friend and a lover
I'll bless the day I discover another heart
Lookin' for love
[Verse 2]
And I was alone then, no love in sight
I did everything I could to get me through the night
Don't know where it started or where it might end
I'd turn to a stranger just like a friend
[Chorus]
'Cause I was lookin' for love in all the wrong places
Lookin' for love in too many faces
Searchin' their eyes, lookin' for traces
Of what I'm dreamin' of
Hoping to find a friend and a lover
I'll bless the day I discover another heart
Lookin' for love
[Bridge]
And you came a knockin' at my heart's door
You're everything I've been lookin' for
[Chorus]
There's no more lookin' for love in all the wrong places
Lookin' for love in too many faces
Searchin' their eyes, lookin' for traces
Of what I'm dreamin' of
Now that I've found a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discovered you
Oh, you, lookin' for love
[Outro]
Lookin' for love in all the wrong places
Lookin' for love in too many faces
Searchin' their eyes, lookin' for traces
Of what I'm dreamin' of
Now that I've found a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discovered you
Oh, you, lookin' for love...
Lookin’ For Love was written by Bob Morrison & Patti Ryan & Wanda Mallette.
Lookin’ For Love was produced by John Boylan.
Johnny Lee released Lookin’ For Love on Fri Aug 01 1980.