He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I know your insides are feeling so hollow
And it's a hard pill for you to swallow, yeah
But if I fall for you, I'll never recover
If I fall for you, I'll never be the same
I really wanna love somebody
I really wanna dance the night away
I know we're only halfway there
But you can take me all the way, if you take me all the way
I really wanna touch somebody
I think about you every single day
I know we're only halfway there
But you can take me all the way, you can take me all the way
You're such a hard act for me to follow
Love me today don't leave me tomorrow, yeah
But if I fall for you, I'll never recover
If I fall for you, I'll never be the same
I really wanna love somebody
I really wanna dance the night away
I know we're only halfway there
But take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
I really wanna touch somebody
I think about you every single day
I know we're only halfway there
But you can take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
I don't know where to start, I'm just a little lost
I wanna feel like we're never gonna ever stop
I don't know what to do, I'm right in front of you
Asking you to stay, you should stay, stay with me tonight, yeah
I really wanna love somebody
I really wanna dance the night away
I know we're only halfway there
But take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
I really wanna touch somebody
I think about you every single day
I know we're only halfway there
But take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Take me all the way, if you take me all the way, yeah
And it's a hard pill for you to swallow, yeah
But if I fall for you, I'll never recover
If I fall for you, I'll never be the same
I really wanna love somebody
I really wanna dance the night away
I know we're only halfway there
But you can take me all the way, if you take me all the way
I really wanna touch somebody
I think about you every single day
I know we're only halfway there
But you can take me all the way, you can take me all the way
You're such a hard act for me to follow
Love me today don't leave me tomorrow, yeah
But if I fall for you, I'll never recover
If I fall for you, I'll never be the same
I really wanna love somebody
I really wanna dance the night away
I know we're only halfway there
But take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
I really wanna touch somebody
I think about you every single day
I know we're only halfway there
But you can take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
I don't know where to start, I'm just a little lost
I wanna feel like we're never gonna ever stop
I don't know what to do, I'm right in front of you
Asking you to stay, you should stay, stay with me tonight, yeah
I really wanna love somebody
I really wanna dance the night away
I know we're only halfway there
But take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
I really wanna touch somebody
I think about you every single day
I know we're only halfway there
But take me all the way, if you can take me all the way
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Take me all the way, if you take me all the way, yeah
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Love Somebody Lyrics as written by Ryan Tedder Nathaniel Motte
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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