Need Somebody - Kevin Coyne

Now, that I’m getting old and

Now, I’m getting cold and

There’s nothing left to say

Just like a daffodil, you know I will

You know wilting in my way

And I need somebody

Yes, I need somebody

Yes, I need, need somebody

Now, I know I’m getting old

This is a lonely life

Man, without your wife

Without a bed or view

I’m always at the gate

And I’m always late

'Cause there’s nothing left to do

And I need somebody

Yes, I need, need somebody

Yes, I need, I need somebody

Now, I know I’m getting old

Strange tunes in my head

I’ll think I’ll go to bed

I think I’ll change the sheets and all

Maybe do some drawing

Do some painting

An antelope across my wall

And I need somebody

Yes, I need, need somebody

Yes, I need anybody

Now, I know I’m getting old

A visitor out on the lawn

His hair all shorn

Is he friend or is he foe?

Is he a man I know?

Is he someone to sow?

Is he someone to say hello?

And I need somebody

Yes, I need, need somebody

Yes, I need, need somebody

Now, I know I’m getting old

So, I’m so confused

I’m so bemused

I think I’ll settle down

Lie down on anywhere

Maybe in this chair

Anywhere I just don’t care

Because I need somebody

Yes, I need, oh, somebody

Yes, I need anybody

Now, I know I’m getting old

The friend I saw is at the door

He says, «Hello, once more

I met you down the road»

Great long fingers holding out

I want to shout

What’s the point because he knows

That I need, I need somebody

Yes, I need somebody

Yes, I need almost anybody

Now, I know I’m getting old

Yes, I need, I need somebody

Yes, I need, I need somebody

Oh, I need almost anybody

Now, I know I’m getting, getting old