Yeah, oh yeah!
Ooh, said I, I'm comin' out to get you.
Ooh, sit down, I'm comin' out to find you.
Ooh, yeah. Ooh yeah.
Findin' my way!

I've been gone so long
I've lost count of the years.
Well, I sang some sad songs,
Oh yes, and cried some bad tears.

Look out! I'm comin', whoa, whoa,
Look out! I'm comin', whoa, yeah.

I'm runnin', finding my way back home.
Oh yeah!

Yeah, oh yeah!

I'm runnin' here, I'm runnin' there,
I'm lookin' for a girl.
'Cause there's nothin' I need, there's nothin' I want more
In the whole wide world.

Well, I need it quick and I need it now
Before I start to fade away
That's why I'm searchin', that's why I'm lookin'
Each and ev'ry day.

Chorus
Ooh, I need some love.
I said I need some love!
Oo yes, I need some love.
This feelin' I can't rise above.

Well, I'm lookin' at you,
And I'm wond'rin' what you're gonna do.
Looks like you got no friends,
No one to stick with you till the end.

Chorus
Take yourself a friend.
Keep 'em till the end.
Whether woman or man,
It makes you feel so good...
So good!

Yes, you think you're all right,
But now you're lonely ev'ry night.
Well, you need a friend,
Someone on whom you can always depend.

Chorus

I said I played this song so many times before
That the melody keeps repeating.
Growing new ideas, flowing chords and notes,
Like a mountain river bleeding.

Well, I say as I look back at all the thoughts I've had,
They reflect just what I'm learning.
Yes, you know that the hardest part, yes, I say it is to stay on top,
On top of a world forever churning.

Well, I see you standin' there
with your finger in the air.
Everything we do, you wanna leave it up to you.

Who do you think you are?
You think you are a star?
Tryin' to run the town, always tryin' to put us down.

Well, you think that you're right,
You think you're out of sight.
Tell me something, mister, why'd you have to make us so uptight?

Well, you say you've been tryin'.

Hey now, baby,
Well, I like your smile.
Won't you come and talk to me for a little while?

Well, you're makin' me crazy,
The way you roll them eyes.
Won't you come and sit with me? I'll tell you all my lies.

Chorus
Hey baby, it's a quarter to eight,
I feel I'm in the mood.
Hey baby, the hour is late,
I feel I've got to move.

Well, hey now, baby,
Don't you talk so fast.

Love won't see me comin'
On a Sunday noon today.
Still don't believe we're fadin',
But now the world should wait.

And now you're finally listenin'
To what I have to say.
Well, the time is right,
And it is today.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Maybe we could talk about it
And try to get it straight.
After all these years, baby,
Maybe it's too late.

But I really need to
Have you by my side,

I get up at seven, yeah,
And I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin',
Yes, I'm workin' all the time.

Chorus
It seems to me
I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am.
I guess that's why they call me,
They call me the working man.

They call me the working man.
I guess that's what I am.

I get home at five o'clock,
And I take myself out a nice, cold beer.