Well, I'm hungry for lovin'
But I just can't get me none
I tried and I tried
But I can't find anyone

Won't somebody tell me what the reason can be
Why no girl wants to give her love to me?
Everybody needs something, and I need to be loved
Now, most people have it
And they get it all the time
But I do without it, tell me why can't love be mine?

I tried for so long
But it's so hard to find
A lover to help me
It's breakin' my mind

Everybody needs something, and I need to be loved
Well, I spend my time lost and lonely
Everyday and all night
I don't know how long I can go on
And I know is it ain't right

Well now, can't find that certain someone
And I just don't understand
I know out there, there's a girl somewhere
For such a lonely man
I'll come home this evening
Just like all the nights before
And I'll be alone
When I walk through my front door
And I'll go to bed 'round a quarter to 2
And I will start cryin like I always do

Everybody needs something and I need to be loved
Whoa, I need to be loved
Yeah, I need to be loved