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Artist: Donna Summer
Canonical path: /donna-summer/what-is-it-you-want
Related lyric paths: 6
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What Is It You Want
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What Is It You Want
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You know what ?
I think I'm gonna run for President
Well, I think I'm just gonna run
I think I'll run for President
(What it you want ? (x2)
Everybody wants somebody sometime (x2)
You say, you say, you say you want love
You say, you say, you say you want me
You say, you say, you say you want money
You say, you say, you want to be free
If I was President,
You know what I'd do ?
I'd say all the people
What would I do for you ?
What do you want from me ?
Is it money ?
Yeahhhhhh
Is it power ?
Yeahhhhhh
What about love ?
Oooooohhhh
A new car ?
Yeahhhhhhh
You know if I was President
I'd ask all the people what they want
I'd try to find out what the people want
Everybody needs somebody sometime
If you think you can get it for nothing
Well, baby you're mistaken
'Cause in this whole life
You can't get something for nothin', no, no
You can't get something for nothin
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Donna Summer performs "What Is It You Want", and this lyric page sits inside the Donna Summer catalog on LyroVerse.
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