Girl, you know I love you No matter what you do And I hope you understand me Every word I say is true Cause I love you Baby, I'm thinking of you Trying to be more of a man for you And I don't have much riches But we're gonna see it through Cause I love you Oh, oh, oh Some men need lots of women For their passions to fill But I want only you, girl If it's in, if it's in If it's in, God's will Cause I, cause I Love you I, I love you, baby With all my heart and soul Oh, oh, oh I love you I need you I need you Oh, oh, oh Your love makes me grow stronger It keeps me going on Oh, baby, 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 Hmm, hmm Hmm, hmm 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, I just can't get her to answer And then I went to her house And I saw her 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 ought to 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 And I cry, I cry Oh, oh, oh And the tears would fill up In the wells, in the wells of my eyes Oh, baby And then it got so bad It got so bad Till one time I thought I'd roll myself up In a big old ball and dive And then I met you, darling 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 Yeah Oh I'm glad, baby I'm glad, baby Oh, oh, oh Oh, baby Oh, oh, oh 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 I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you