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 And 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 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