Elton John - I Want Love

I want love but it's impossible

A man like me's 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 but it's impossible

A man like me's 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


Elton John - I Want Love

Music video by Elton John performing I Want Love. (C) 2001 Mercury Records Limited.

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)

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