I Wanna Know - Joe

I was listening to the radio just now and this song came on. It's like so old; I think it was released when I was still a teen, and I hadn't heard it in yonks. I forgot how much I liked it! It's the ultimate in cheesy love songs, but I reckon we're all allowed our guilty pleasures. Besides, it's a notch up from Lionel Richie (--not that I don't like HIM either!--check out I Call It Love, his latest offering).



I mean, the melody is just so sweet, so soothing, so bone-melt-y. And the lyrics, while cheesy, are so romantic. The eye-roll factor is almost totally nullified when coupled with the melody and the earnestness that is Joe's singing. Well, it is in my book anyway:


I Wanna Know - Joe

It's amazing how you knock me off my feet, hmm
Everytime you come around me I get weak, oh yeah
Nobody ever made me feel this way, oh
You kiss my lips and then you take my breath away
So I wanna know

[1] -
I wanna know what turns you on
So I can be all that and moreI'd like to know what makes you cry
So I can be the one who always makes you smile
Girl he never understood what you were worth, hmm no
And he never took the time to make it work
(You deserve more loving, girl)

Baby I'm the kind of man who shows concern, yes I do, oh
Anyway that I can please you let me learn
So I wanna know

[Repeat 1]

[2] -
Tell me what I gotta do to please you
Baby anything you say I'll do
Cause I only wanna make you happy
From the bottom of my heart, it's true

[Repeat 2]

I wish that I could take a journey through your mind, alright
And find emotions that you always try to hide babe, oh
I do believe that there's a love you wanna share, oh, oh
I'll take good care of you lady, have no fear, oh
So I wanna know

[Repeat 1]
[Repeat 2 (2x)]
[Repeat 1 till end]

I guess there's no hiding that I'm a total romantic by now, so I'll just come right out and admit it: I think that many, if not most women, dream of a man out there who would feel (and do) for them, all those things Joe sings about in I Wanna Know. Sigh. No? C'monnnnn. He's singing about wanting to know you so he can do everything and MORE to please you. ;)

[Along the same vein of the sweet "I want to know you" type lyric is Inside Out by Bryan Adams (whom I love as well, incidentally!)]



Cue cynical Pfff from men and offended feminists.



Joe may just be trying to get into women's pants around the world, but he sure is on the right track with that song. :p