Well, if you want me to love you I'm gonna tell you what you're gonna have to do
Well, if you want me to love you, and have you love me, too

Well, I've got to have my lovin' like my habit set on
Gonna start in the evening and go all night long

If you want me to love you, that's what you've got to do
Well, if you want me to love you, here's what you've got to do
If you want me to love you, and have me love you true

Well baby, I'll go all night long if that's what you want me to do
But I don't think you'll last more than a minute or two

If you want me to love you, that's what you've got to do
Well, if you want me to love you I'm gonna tell you what you're gonna have to do
Well, if you want me to love you, and have you love me, too

Well I'm so sorry if I don't waste my time by hanging around
It's just that there's something so much sweeter on the other side of town
If you want me to love you, you're gonna have to get out of the way

Well, if you want me to love you, another thing you've got to do
If you want me to love you, and have me love you true

Well baby, if you've got something better, I guess you'd better split
I just hate it when you use my money to pay for it

If you want me to love you, you'd better turn right back right now
Well, if you want me to love you I'm gonna tell you what you're gonna have to do
Well, if you want me to love you, and have you love me, too

Oh, what's this complaining about money, baby, I know you've got it all
Earning just a quarter at a time in the bus station stall

If you want me to love you, that's what you've got to do
Well, if you want me to love you I'm gonna tell you what you're gonna have to do
If you want me to love you, and have me love you true

Well baby, now if you wanna get in to my britches
You're gonna have to show me more than that three inches

If you want me to love you, that's what you've got to do
Well, if you want me to love you I'm gonna tell you what you're gonna have to do
Well, if you want me to love you, and have you love me, too

Well, I'm sorry, baby, if my three inches don't do the trick
But there's lots of gals out there who like it that thick
If you want me to love you, that's what you've got to do

Scat duet

If you want me to love you, the last thing you'll have to do
If you want me to love you, and have me love you true

You've got to take a butcher knife, cut off your head
Send me a telegram that your body is dead

If you want me to love you, that's what you've got to do
Oh, now, babe, well, that's what you've got to do
That's what you've got to do

Well, if you want me to love you I'm gonna tell you what you've got to do
If you want me to love you, and have me love you true
Well baby, if it's early in the evening and you're already done
You're gonna have to get inventive with your tongue
If you want me to love you, that's what you've got to do