Elton John - I Want Love

I want love
But it's impossible
A man like me
So irresponsible
A man like me
Is dead in places
Other men feel liberated
I can't love
Shot full of holes
Don't feel nothing
I just feel cold
Don't feel nothing
Just old scars
Toughening up
Around my heart

But I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love

I want love on
My own terms
After everything
I've ever learned
Me, I carry too
Much baggage
Oh man I've seen
So much traffic

But I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love

So bring it on
I've been bruised
Don't give me love
That's clean and smooth
I'm ready for
The rougher stuff
No sweet romance
I've had enough

A man like me
Is dead in places
Other men feel liberated

But I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love

I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love
I want love
But it's impossible
A man like me
So irresponsible
A man like me
Is dead in places
Other men feel liberated
I can't love
Shot full of holes
Don't feel nothing
I just feel cold
Don't feel nothing
Just old scars
Toughening up
Around my heart

But I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love

I want love on
My own terms
After everything
I've ever learned
Me, I carry too
Much baggage
Oh man I've seen
So much traffic

But I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love

So bring it on
I've been bruised
Don't give me love
That's clean and smooth
I'm ready for
The rougher stuff
No sweet romance
I've had enough

A man like me
Is dead in places
Other men feel liberated

But I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love

I want love
Just a different kind
I want love
Won't break me down
Won't brick me up
Won't fence me in
I want a love that
Don't mean a thing
That's the love I want
I want love
Elton John - I Want Love

The video for "I Want Love", the first single from Elton's 2001 album Songs From The West Coast, was directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and stars Robert Downey Jr, who did the entire video in one...

I Want Love by Elton John

Elton John - I Want Love

Elton John - I Want Love - Top Of The Pops - Friday 5th October 2001

This was recorded from Top Of The Pops 2 shown on 26th September 2001, shown on Top Of The Pops on 5 October 2001.

Elton John - I Want Love (Live)

Live from the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, 13 Nov 2001. Studio version appears on Songs from the West Coast (2001)

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