If You Want My Love
Status
Cover Song
Written By
Rick Nielsen
Recording Sessions
March - May 1995 (Fremont Rental Residence, Portland, OR - Pre-Either/Or Sessions) - uncirculating
Availability of Official Release
N/A
Lyrics
If you want my love, you got it
When you need my love, you got it
I won’t hide it
I won’t throw your love away, ooh
If you want my love, you got it
When you need my love, you got it
I won’t hide it
I won’t throw your love away, ooh
Yes, I thought you were a mystery girl
A special girl in this crazy old world
You couldn’t see me when I laid eyes on you
Lonely is only a place
You don’t know what it’s like
You can’t fight it
And it’s a hole in my heart, in my heart
If you want my love, you got it
When you need my love, you got it
I won’t hide it
I won’t throw your love away, ooh
You hold the secrets of love in this world
I’m hypnotized by your every word
A special face, a special voice, a special smile in my life
‘Cause lonely is only a place
You don’t know what it’s like
You can’t fight it
And it’s a hole in my heart, in my heart
If you want my love, you got it
When you need my love, you got it
I won’t hide it
I won’t throw your love away, ooh
If you want my love, you got it
When you need my love, you got it
I won’t hide it
I won’t throw your love away, ooh
If you want my love, you got it
When you need my love, you got it
You won’t hide it
You won’t throw your love away, ooh
Audio
N/A
Note
Elliott recorded this song for JJ Gonson during the time period where he was breaking up with her, immediately after Heatmiser had signed with Virgin Records. Gonson has misplaced the recording based on an interview she gave to Pitchfork in 2013.