I?m glad to be in your wonderful city! 
 An I gotta little message for ya 
 That a friend of mines told me a few years back 
 I?m talkin? bout brother, Solomon Burke, 
 You all know him, don?t cha? 
 These are the words he told me, children: 
  
 Everybody, needs somebody, everybody, needs somebody 
 To love, someone to love, sugar to kiss, sweetheart to miss, now 
 And a I need a ( you, you, you) and I need a (you, you, you) 
 In the mornin? baby, (you, you, you), when the sun goes down 
 (You, you, you) ain?t nobody eles around (you, you, you) 
 AAAWWW! sometime I feel, feel a lttle sad inside, ah, my baby deceived me 
 I?ll gotta have a love to find 
 And I need,(you, you, you) someone to see me through (you, you, you) 
 And to hold my hand (you, you, you) try to make me understand 
 AAYY! ow! tuh, tuh, tuh,a- talkin? bout I need ya, ha 
 A don?t you know I need ya? 
 I need ya in the mornin?, ow! I need ya, tuh, tuh, hey! 
 Come on, don?t ya (I need ya) you know I need ya?Aaw! 
 Let me hear you say, Yeah!, let me hear you say, Yeah! 
 Yeah,Yeah! Oh you know I need you (need you) Aw, yeah! 
 You know I need you, (need you) surely do 
 Hold my hand, when the sun is goin down 
 Let me hear ya say Yeah! Aw, yeah! Alright! 
 My soul is wantin you, Ow! (fades)....