Santigold - A Love Song lyrics

[Verse 1] When I'm alone in my room Sometimes I stare at the wall And in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call Telling me I need a boy who's as sweet as a dove For the first time in my life, I see I need love There I was giggling about the games that I had played with many hearts And I'm not sayin' no names Then the thought occurred, tear drops made my eyes burn As I said to myself: when am I gonna learn? I can feel it inside, I can't explain how it feels All I know is that I'll never dish another raw deal Playin' make believe, pretending that I'm true Holding in my laugh just to say that I love you Saying amour, kissing you on the ear Whispering I love you and I'll always be here Although I always reminisce, I can't believe that I found A desire for true love floating around Inside my soul, because my soul is cold One half of me deserves to be this way til I'm old But the other half needs affection and joy And the warmth that is created by a girl and a boy [Refrain: Amanda Blank and Santigold] I need love Got my mind made up, got my mind made up Got my mind made up I need love Got my mind made up I'm a lady Got my mind made up I need love Got my mind made up, Got my mind made up Got my mind made up I need love Got my mind made up I'm a lady Got My mind made up [Verse 2] I had a dream that you and I were both 16 Holding hands after school, we didn't care who would see You'd tell me that I was pretty and that you'd love me for life Take care of me forever cause you'd make me your wife When the girls call me up n trynna mess with my head Tell ‘em all that if I left you, you'd be better off dead Cause you'll never love another, they just don't understand That your life would be over if I found another man You call me up on the phone, we would talk until we fell Asleep without you I think I'd rather be in hell Life just wouldn't be as fun, it wouldn't be the same I wanna stay with you forever, even take your last name Cause there's no one in my life that makes me feel as good as you The way we cuddle on the couch and share the secrets that we do With all the little jokes that no one else could ever know The part of me that you can see cause you're the one I show I know we gotta make it work, cause baby you're the man for me Without you by my side yeah boy my world would be incomplete And if you ever leave me lonely, boy my heart would be crushed It's alright, you know you touch me so by now I know boy [Refrain]