Released: January 1, 1996
Songwriter: Babyface Lionel Richie
Producer: James Anthony Carmichael Lionel Richie
[Verse 1]
How will I know if someone loves me?
How will I know if there is no one else?
Dying to have someone who loves me
But I want them to love me for myself
Looked for love in all the wrong places
I searched the moon and stars
Found myself lost in a world full of faces
The place I didn't look was my heart
[Chorus]
I've been all around the world
Try to find something new
Lord knows that something was you
'Cause I found in myself the one thing that's true
All I want is an ordinary girl
All I need is an ordinary girl
Ordinary
Someone to love me
[Verse 2]
All I want is someone I can talk to
Someone I can lean on now and then
And I don't want to lie, pretend I am someone else
I am just looking for a friend
My heart was going through so many changes
I didn't know which way to turn
Just when I thought I had all of the answers
I found I still had so much to learn
[Chorus]
I've been all around the world try to find something new
Lord knows that something was you
'Cause I found in myself the one thing that's true
All I want is an ordinary girl
All I need is an ordinary girl
Ordinary
Someone to love me
[Bridge]
I just want to feel lost in love forever
Want to see that look in your eyes
I hope that you understand what I am saying, baby
'Cause girl I need you right by my side
[Chorus]
I've been all around the world
Try to find something new
Lord knows that something was you
'Cause I found in myself the one thing that's true
All I want is an ordinary girl
All I need is an ordinary girl
Ordinary
Someone to love me
[Bridge]
You know I've been all around the world
Trying to find someone new
He, you know what ended up my search
That someone was you
And I found in my heart there can be no one but you
[Outro]
All I need is an ordinary girl
Your love, my love
You know heaven send you from above
Oh girl, it is only you
You are the best thing in my life girl [x2]
How will I know if someone loves me?
How will I know if there is no one else?
Dying to have someone who loves me
But I want them to love me for myself
Looked for love in all the wrong places
I searched the moon and stars
Found myself lost in a world full of faces
The place I didn't look was my heart
[Chorus]
I've been all around the world
Try to find something new
Lord knows that something was you
'Cause I found in myself the one thing that's true
All I want is an ordinary girl
All I need is an ordinary girl
Ordinary
Someone to love me
[Verse 2]
All I want is someone I can talk to
Someone I can lean on now and then
And I don't want to lie, pretend I am someone else
I am just looking for a friend
My heart was going through so many changes
I didn't know which way to turn
Just when I thought I had all of the answers
I found I still had so much to learn
[Chorus]
I've been all around the world try to find something new
Lord knows that something was you
'Cause I found in myself the one thing that's true
All I want is an ordinary girl
All I need is an ordinary girl
Ordinary
Someone to love me
[Bridge]
I just want to feel lost in love forever
Want to see that look in your eyes
I hope that you understand what I am saying, baby
'Cause girl I need you right by my side
[Chorus]
I've been all around the world
Try to find something new
Lord knows that something was you
'Cause I found in myself the one thing that's true
All I want is an ordinary girl
All I need is an ordinary girl
Ordinary
Someone to love me
[Bridge]
You know I've been all around the world
Trying to find someone new
He, you know what ended up my search
That someone was you
And I found in my heart there can be no one but you
[Outro]
All I need is an ordinary girl
Your love, my love
You know heaven send you from above
Oh girl, it is only you
You are the best thing in my life girl [x2]
more tracks from the album
Louder Than Words (Deluxe Version)
- Piece of Love
- Still In Love (Italian Version)
- Still In Love (Italian/English Version)
- Don’t Wanna Lose You (Radio Version)
- What Do They Know*
- Climbing
- Lovers At First Sight
- Now You’re Gone
- Don’t Wanna Lose You
- Paradise
- Say I Do
- Ordinary Girl
- Nothing Else Matters
- Change
- Can’t Get Over You
- I Wanna Take You Down
- Still in Love
- Still In Love (Spanish Version)
From the albums
- Louder Than Words (1996)
- Louder Than Words (Deluxe Version) (2021)
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