Mariah wrote the song “All I've Ever Wanted” with Walter Afanasieff for her Music Box album, released in 1993. “We have this connection where I'll sing what I'm hearing and he'll start playing, and usually it's what I'm hearing in my head,” Mariah told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1993. “Walter really tries to let me lead. He knows it's important to me to let the melodies I have develop.”
If you only knew
What I feel for you
If you only lived for me
The way I live for you
I'd be in heaven
My dreams would come true
'Cause all I've ever wanted
Is you
And you alone
And I love you so
More than you could ever know
All I've ever wanted
Is you
If you were my own
To caress and hold
I would shower you with love
And drown within your soul
Because I live and breathe for you
And I really need you to know
That all I've ever wanted
Is you
And you alone
And I love you so
More than you could ever know
All I've ever wanted
Is you
Everything I do is for you
You are every part of me
And I don't want to face
Another day
Alone
Without your love
'Cause all I've ever wanted
Is you
And you alone
And I love you so
More than you could ever know
All I've ever wanted
Is you
Lyrics: Mariah Carey. Music: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff.
Produced by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey.
