My good friend and guitarist Ken Belcher and I have been working on several projects together in the past couple of weeks. While we were working the other day, we thought it would be fun to take a quick break to write a “happy” song. “Hope That You” is our end result. I hope you enjoy it!

Best wishes to you and yours,
pd

Hope That You (Say You Want Me Too)
written & performed by
Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher

[verse 1]
i’ve been thinking about this for a while
i’ve been thinking about this now for quite some time
and now i think that i’ve finally figured out
that i want you
right here in my life

[verse 2]
i’ve been going this over in my head
from the time that i wake up to the time i go to bed
when i add it all up i find that in the end
i want you (yes i do)

[bridge]
i want you
and no one else for me will do
now that i’ve said this all to you
i hope you’ll say you want me too

[chorus]
i hope you say you want me too
i hope you say you want me too
i hope that you say you want me too

[verse 3]
i know that i’m plenty full of faults
i know it’s pretty clear a perfect man is something that i’m not
but you bring out the good in me
it ain’t real hard to see
that i need you
right here by my side

[verse 4]
you help me to learn from this and that
you help me see what’s right and wrong and help me stay on the right track
you make all my fears disappear
for you i’ll persevere
so i need you (yes i do)

[bridge]
i need you
and only you yeah that’s the truth
now that i’ve shared this all with you
i hope you’ll say you need me too

[chorus]
i hope you say you need me too
i hope you say you need me too
i hope that you say you need me too