[00:05.406]You know there come a time when
[00:08.060]Every man has to admit that um
[00:10.956]He needs love
[00:13.755]And uh, sometimes
[00:16.327]That same man needs to hear
[00:18.289]That he's loved
[00:21.404]It won't be right
[00:23.884]If I'm alone tonight
[00:26.877]in my heart away
[00:31.371]'Cause I'm here for you
[00:33.803]You should be here for me too
[00:36.843]Please in every way
[00:40.634]'Cause I've built up the nerve
[00:44.169]To get you here quickly so I
[00:46.980]Could hear those three words
[00:50.485]And it won't ever change
[00:53.481]The way that I treat you 'cause I
[00:56.987]Will still feel this way
[00:59.840]If you say
[01:00.495]What I want to hear
[01:02.227]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[01:04.803]It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
[01:09.767]Say what I want to hear
[01:11.689]Hey yeah
[01:12.391]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[01:14.355]Oh baby, it won't mean nothing unless you're feeling that love
[01:20.715]Ooh, I would give anything just to hear you say
[01:26.672]That you would be mine
[01:30.183]But I won't put words into your mouth
[01:36.369]So just take your time
[01:40.288]To let your heart speak to me
[01:43.076]'Cause girl, I'm listening to
[01:45.691]Everything you have to say
[01:50.138]And I will provide all of the love that you need
[01:56.219]And it won't change
[01:57.995]Girl, won't you say
[01:59.350]What I want to hear
[02:01.611]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[02:04.233]It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
[02:09.004]Say what I want to hear
[02:10.920]Say yeah
[02:11.714]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[02:14.054]It won't mean nothing
[02:15.650]Oh, say it, say it, say it, say yeah
[02:21.124]It's not hard, just tell me
[02:27.522]And you'll never let me go
[02:30.902]And you want to know what else, baby?
[02:33.143]I'll never let you go
[02:34.879]You want to know why?
[02:39.322]'Cause I've built up the nerve to get you here quickly
[02:44.570]So I could hear those three words
[02:47.575]Hear those three words
[02:49.162]And it won't ever change the way that I treat you
[02:54.461]'Cause I will still feel this way
[02:58.021]If you say
[02:58.767]What I want to hear
[03:00.921]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[03:03.496]It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
[03:07.993]Unless you're feeling it
[03:08.740]Say what I want to hear
[03:10.188]Say yeah
[03:13.801]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[03:14.314]It won't mean nothing
[03:15.863]Oh, baby, won't you tell me what I want to hear?
[03:19.695]Say yeah, say yeah, say yeah
[03:23.148]I want to hear it, it won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
[03:27.398]Tell me you're feeling it
[03:30.571]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[03:32.765]Only 'cause you want to say it
[03:35.614]Unless you're feeling that love
[03:38.692]Say what I want to hear
[03:40.564]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[03:43.230]It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
[03:48.045]Say what I want to hear
[03:50.478]Not 'cause I want to hear it
[03:52.861]It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling that love
[03:59.353]Oh baby
[04:01.131]Oh sugar
[04:02.675]Oh, let me hear it
[04:05.902]Unless you're feeling it

You know there come a time when
Every man has to admit that um
He needs love
And uh, sometimes
That same man needs to hear
That he's loved
It won't be right
If I'm alone tonight
in my heart away
'Cause I'm here for you
You should be here for me too
Please in every way
'Cause I've built up the nerve
To get you here quickly so I
Could hear those three words
And it won't ever change
The way that I treat you 'cause I
Will still feel this way
If you say
What I want to hear
Not 'cause I want to hear it
It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
Say what I want to hear
Hey yeah
Not 'cause I want to hear it
Oh baby, it won't mean nothing unless you're feeling that love
Ooh, I would give anything just to hear you say
That you would be mine
But I won't put words into your mouth
So just take your time
To let your heart speak to me
'Cause girl, I'm listening to
Everything you have to say
And I will provide all of the love that you need
And it won't change
Girl, won't you say
What I want to hear
Not 'cause I want to hear it
It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
Say what I want to hear
Say yeah
Not 'cause I want to hear it
It won't mean nothing
Oh, say it, say it, say it, say yeah
It's not hard, just tell me
And you'll never let me go
And you want to know what else, baby?
I'll never let you go
You want to know why?
'Cause I've built up the nerve to get you here quickly
So I could hear those three words
Hear those three words
And it won't ever change the way that I treat you
'Cause I will still feel this way
If you say
What I want to hear
Not 'cause I want to hear it
It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
Unless you're feeling it
Say what I want to hear
Say yeah
Not 'cause I want to hear it
It won't mean nothing
Oh, baby, won't you tell me what I want to hear?
Say yeah, say yeah, say yeah
I want to hear it, it won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
Tell me you're feeling it
Not 'cause I want to hear it
Only 'cause you want to say it
Unless you're feeling that love
Say what I want to hear
Not 'cause I want to hear it
It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling it
Say what I want to hear
Not 'cause I want to hear it
It won't mean nothing unless you're feeling that love
Oh baby
Oh sugar
Oh, let me hear it
Unless you're feeling it