The title track and lead single from Easton’s ninth album, it peaked at number 2 on on the US Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for 25 weeks. It was her biggest hit since Morning Train (9 to 5).
[Verse 1]
Talk about the love you're missing
Maybe then it's true when they say love is blind
I can help you if you listen
I can make you feel good if you just let me try
[Pre-Chorus]
If everlasting love is what you're waiting for
Then that time for you, it just has arrived
So here I am, come walk right through my door
And be loved for the rest of your life
[Chorus]
If you talk about good loving
Let's talk about the lover in me (shoo-doo-wop)
So don't go talk about no other
Just talk about the lover in me (shoo-doo-wop)
[Verse 2]
I can give you all the loving
But I gotta know that you're there to receive
I can be your only woman
But I gotta feel that I'm all that you need
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll be your everything and I can give you so much more
And I'll never leave you lonely at night
So here I am, come walk right through my door
And be loved for the rest of your life
[Chorus]
If you talk about good loving (ooh)
Let's talk about the lover in me
Talk about the lover (shoo-doo-wop)
The lover in me, yeah
Don't go talk about no other (no other)
Just talk about the lover in me (shoo-doo-wop)
If you talk about good loving
Let's talk about the lover in me (shoo-doo-wop)
So don't go talk about no other
Just talk about the lover in me (shoo-doo-wop)
[Bridge]
If you talk about and dream about
And think about your lover
Don't talk about or dream about
Or think about no other
Don't run around all over town
Searching for some other
The love we found won't let us down
Let's talk about the lover
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll be your everything and I can give you so much more
And I'll never leave you lonely at night
So here I am, come walk right through my door
And be loved for the rest of your life
[Chorus]
If you talk about good loving (ooh)
Let's talk about the lover in me
Talk about, talk about, oh (shoo-doo-wop)
Don't go talk about no other
Just talk about the lover in me, yeah (shoo-doo-wop)
[Bridge]
Oh-oh, if you talk about and dream about
And think about your lover
Don't talk about or think about
Or dream about no other
Don't run around all over town
Just searching for some other
This love we found won't let us down
Let's talk about the lover in me
[Chorus]
If you talk about good loving
Let's talk about the lover in me
Talk about the lover
The lover, the lover in me (shoo-doo-wop)
Don't talk about no other (oh-oh)
Just talk about the lover in me
Baby, won't you talk about the lover in me? (shoo-doo-wop)
[Outro]
If you talk about and dream about
And think about your lover
Don't talk about or think about
Or dream about no other
Don't run around all over town
Just searching for some other
This love we found won't let us down
Let's talk about the lover in me
If you talk about good loving
Let's talk about the lover in me
Don't dream about it (shoo-doo-wop)
Don't dream about it
The Lover in Me was written by LA Reid & Babyface & Daryl Simmons.
Sheena Easton released The Lover in Me on Tue Nov 15 1988.