Mary heard boys talking in voices low
Said she weren't no spring chicken
Like she didn't already know
So she called up Jack
From a few years back
She turned him down once
In his one room shack
She said "Now baby
You don't look that bad"
Cause everybody needs someone sometime
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
Everybody needs someone sometime
Spivy Leaks was a drip of a man
He looked like a potato shoved into jeans
He recollects it wasn't that long ago
That he could walk by
Make the young girls scream
But he thought he'd just let it all slide
Let it all pass
Cause he thought love was best on the run
He said "Now baby
Ooh, it don't seem that fun"
Cause everybody needs someone sometime
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
Everybody needs someone sometime
Hey there honeybee
Will you give me
Sugar?
And if you shake real cute
I might give you
Some sugar
I was doing alright on my own
Now I just might take you home sugar
Sister Mary used to be a nun
She thought that she'd retire
And have her some fun
Mr. Joe of the Philadelphia Joes
Well he walked in the post office one night
He said "Hey sweetheart
You know you look alright"
Cause everybody needs someone sometime
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
Everybody needs someone sometime
Cause everybody needs someone sometime
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
Everybody needs someone sometime
Everybody needs someone sometime
Oh, yeah
Everybody needs someone sometime
I said
Everybody needs someone sometime
Everybody needs someone sometime
Oh, I'm saying
Everybody needs someone sometime