Girl, you know I, I, I, I love you

No matter what you do

And I hope you understand me

Every word I say is true

'Cause I love you (because I love you)

Baby, I'm thinkin' of you

Tryin' to be more of a man for you

And I don't have much of riches

But we gonna see it through

'Cause I love you (because I love you)

Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Some men need lots of women

For their passions to feel

But I want only you, girl

If it's in, if it's in, if it's in lord's will

'Cause I, 'cause I love you (ooh)

I, I, I love you, baby with all my heart and soul

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

I love you

I need you

I want you

I need you (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Oh, oh, oh, your love makes me grow stronger

It keeps me goin' on, oh babe, I'm glad I found you

I just love to be around you, oh, baby

You've been so good to me, oh, baby

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, mmm

You know, one time things got so bad until

I had to go to one of my friends and talk to him

And I told him, I said, "You know

I'm having problems with the woman that I love

It seems that I call her on the phone and I just can't get her to answer

And then I went to her house and I saw a car parked in the driveway

I knocked on the door, but still my knocks went unanswered

And then I went home and I-I watched television until television went off

And then I played my records until I just didn't want to hear them anymore

And finally I went to bed, but I found myself waking up a few hours later

And the tears were running down my face"

And my friend told me, he said, "Lenny

You just oughta forget about her"

But I told my friend, I said, "You know

Maybe you've never been in love like I've been in love

And maybe you've never felt the things that I've felt"

But this is what I told my friend

I said, "You know, sometimes you get lonely

You get lonely, you get lonely"

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

And I cry, I cry

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

And the tears would fill up in the wells

In the wells of my eyes, baby

And then it got so bad, it got so bad

'Til one time I thought I'd roll myself up in a big ol' ball and die

And then I met you, darlin', and you smiled at me

Oh, oh, it was such a pretty smile, yes, it was

And you reached out your hand

You helped me (you helped me), you helped me (you helped me)

You helped, oh, I'm glad, baby, I'm glad, baby

Oh, oh, oh, baby, ay, ay, ay

I won't ever leave you, baby

I won't ever grieve you, baby

I'm gonna love you, oh, oh, oh, baby

I'm glad, I'm glad, baby

Oh, oh, yeah, baby, oh, oh, oh

I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, oh

I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you

I love you