We tried to make ourselves pay for something we've never done   We threw the best parts of life away on street talk strangers and drugs   What we really want is love what we really need is love      I wanna call out your name I wanna hold out my hand   A woman silent in the mirror tonight wants to talk to your mirror man   And what they really want is love and what they really need is love      We are ships in the night the water is deep in between   There is reason and we can't find the light so we sail off into our dreams   And what we really dream is love and what we really need is love   What we want is love what we need is love      We tried to make it feel right in someone else's world   We sat and looked out my window last night   And knew that things had changed with this girl   Cause what I really found was love cause what we really need is love   What we really want is love what we really need is love   What we want is love what we need is love