Everybody Needs Somebody
By John Prine

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While out sailin' on the ocean while out     sailin' on the  sea

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I bumped into the Saviour,     and He said       "Pardon Me'

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I said;    'Jesus, You look tired'   and He said;   'Jesus, so do you?,

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Won't you  sit down Son cause we got some fat to chew'

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See everybody needs somebody  that they can talk to

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Someone to open up their ears and let that trouble through

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Now    you don't  have to sympathize or   care what they may do

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Cause everybody needs somebody that they can talk to

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Well He spoke to me of morality,  starvation,  pain and sin

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Matter of fact, the whole dang time I only got a few words in

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But I won't squawk,  let Him talk, Hell it's been a long long time

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Any friend that's  been turned down is bound to be a friend of mine

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See everybody needs somebody   that they can talk to

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Someone to open up their ears and let that trouble through

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Now    you don't  have   to sympathize or care what they may do

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Cause everybody  needs somebody that they can talk  to




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Well we sat there for an hour or two just a eatin' that gospel  pie

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When around the bend come a terrible wind, and lightning lit the sky

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He said; 'So long Son, I gotta run, I appreciate you listen'n to  me'

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And I believe I heard Him    sing these words as He skipped out across the sea

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Everybody needs somebody that they can talk to

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Someone to open up their ears and let that trouble through

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Now    you don't  have   to sympathize or care what they may do

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Cause everybody needs somebody that they can talk to

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Yes everybody needs somebody that they can talk tooooo