If You Want Love lyrics

[Verse One - ]

I just need some time, I’m trying to think straight

I just need a moment in my own space

Ask me how I’m doin’, I say, “Okay”

Yeah, but ain’t that what we all say?

Sometimes, I think back to the old days

And have pointless conversations with the old me

Yeah, back when my mama used to hold me

I wished somebody would’ve told me

[Chorus - ]

If you want love, you’re gonna have to go through the pain

If you want love, you’re gonna learn how to change

If you want trust, you’re gonna have to give some way

If you want love, if you want love (go home)

[Verse Two - ]

Yeah, as a kid, I used to think life

Is moving so slow, I watch it go by

Look out the window in my bus ride

I thought the world was so small through my closed eyes

I’ve always try to control things

In the end, that’s what controls me

Maybe, that’s why I’m controlling

I wished somebody would’ve told me

[Chorus - ]

If you want love, you’re gonna have to go through the pain

If you want love, you’re gonna learn how to change

If you want trust, you’re gonna have to give some way

If you want love, if you want love (go home)

[Verse Three - ]

The older I get, I feel like I'm always trying to save time

Talkin' to the voices in my head, they make me think twice

Tellin' me it doesn't mean it's wrong because it feels right

I'm scared that one day I wake up and wonder where the time go

Talk about the past like it's the present while I rock slow

I sit in the living room and laugh with kids on my own

And tell 'em

[Chorus - ]

If you want love, you’re gonna have to go through the pain

(I wish somebody would’ve told me)

If you want love, you’re gonna learn how to change

(I wish somebody would’ve told me)

If you want trust, you’re gonna have to give some way

(You gonna have to give)

If you want love, if you want love, if you want love, if you want love (go home)