Album: Heart (1985)

Charted: 14 10

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• I've been lonely
  I've been waiting for you
  I'm pretending and that's all I can do
  The love I'm sending
  Ain't making it through to your heart
  
  You've been hiding, never letting it show
  Always trying to keep it under control
  You got it down and you're well on your way to the top
  But there's something that you forgot
  
  What about love?
  Don't you want someone to care about you?
  What about love?
  Don't let it slip away
  What about love?
  I only wanna share it with you
  You might need it some day
  
  I can't tell you what you're feeling inside
  And I can't sell you what you don't want to buy
  Something's missing, you gotta look back on your life
  You know something here just ain't right
  
  What about love?
  Don't you want someone to care about you?
  What about love?
  Don't let it slip away
  What about love?
  I only wanna share it with you
  
  What about love?
  Don't you want someone to care about you?
  What about love?
  Don't let it slip away
  But what about love?
  I only wanna share it with you
  
  Oh, no
  Oh
  Oh, what about love?
  Love
  Ooh-ooh-ooh
  What about love?
  Love, love, love
  What about
  What about
  Love
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-oh Writer/s: Brian Allen, Jim Vallance, Sheron Alton
  Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

• Kenny from Dallas, TexasWhile their record company, Capitol Records, did tend to release power ballads as singles, most of Heart's music during that period was hard rock and metal, and many songs that were not released as singles got significant airplay on hard rock and metal stations. Some examples are album tracks such as "If Looks Could Kill", "The Wolf", "Shell Shock", the title cut from "Bad Animals", "Wild Child", "The Night, "Tall, Dark, Handsome Stranger", and "Black on Black II". Even the singles that were released such as "What About Love" and "Alone" had heavy guitar power chords. Over the years many have argued that Capitol Records was trying to market Heart as pop band instead of a serious rock band, and their choice of singles would support that argument.
• El Burro ( Stubborn Mule ) from Middle Class Usa Awesome song, “the big lady” is one of the best singers ever. Yeah no one can touch Ann’s voice.
  
  I like the first lyrics she says with no music
  “I been lonely
  I been waiting for you
  I’m pretending and that’s all I can do
  The love I’m sending ain’t making it thru to your heart.”
  
  There is someone who would tell me that. She would talk to me like that ; she would tell me the f--king truth. That’s why I liked her, that’s why I fell for her.
  
  Things went south after several years but I still think about her all the time. When I hear this song it reminds me of her.
  
  She was ready for the whole 9 yards and everything that goes in. I wasn’t. That’s life.
  
  I see the first 30 seconds of this video and I think - yeah she would talk to me like that.
  
  She told me one time “I’ve kept your heart and your heart is safe with me. I don’t possess your soul because your soul runs free.”
  
  No one has ever talked to me like that.
  She is one of a kind.
• Broncobuff from SeattleLast 60 seconds of this song proves what I've been saying for years: Ann Wilson is the best (hard) rock singer ever. Ever. Yes, she's a chick, just go listen to the last 60 seconds, then you can argue. Notice the self harmonies, two and three tracks, and brace yourself for the key change, cuz it's like a runaway freight train, the power. (Personally I think Bono and Ann are tied for best singer ever, but this is a Heart song).

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