Lyrics
WHAT WE WANT FROM OTHER PEOPLE
(Greg Tamblyn Fred Wright)
This ain’t just another love song
Full of heartache and regret
It’s about a way of thinking
That I think I finally get
What you wanted from me, darlin’
Was a gentle loving touch
What I needed from you, baby
Was just a little bit too much
What we want from other people
Is what is missing in our lives
So we go and try to find it
In a husband or a wife
In every heart lies a treasure
We think is buried somewhere else
What we want from other people
Is what we cannot give ourselves
Everybody wants a someone
It’s a natural desire
But if you want in desperation
Man, you’re walking into fire
If you want to have a partner
In a sacred kind of love
First you gotta be that partner
That your own self is worthy of
(First chorus, then...)
We try to get from other people
What is missing in our lives
It’s an awful lot to ask for
From a husband or a wife
Inside our hearts lies a treasure
It isn’t waiting somewhere else
And we can learn to give to people
The love that’s shining in ourselves
Yeah, we can give to other people
The love that’s burning in ourselves
Yeah we can give to other people
The love that’s shining in ourselves
© 1994 Ramblin’ Tamblyn Music, BMI