Somebody broke your heart once before, yeah Now you claim you don't want love no more Listen, girl, hear what I say How long do you think you can go on this way? You know you can't stand alone no matter how you try Got to have somebody to love, goes for you and I (Everybody needs somebody, everybody needs somebody Everybody needs somebody) All of a sudden you can't stand alone Love brought you heartaches sometime, so wrong, yeah Don't let it turn your heart into stone I love you, baby, this you can recognize, yeah I see a spark of love deep in your eyes You know you can't stand alone no matter how you try Got to have somebody to love, goes for you and I (Everybody needs somebody, everybody needs somebody Everybody needs somebody) All of a sudden you can't stand alone Love brought you misery, that may be true But that is something that we all go through Oh, come put your hand in mine and don't look back Let's fall in love, baby, that's where it's at You know you can't stand alone no matter how you try Got to have somebody to love, goes for you and I You know you can't stand alone no matter how you try Got to have somebody to love, goes for you and I (Everybody needs somebody)