I need something, I need some sweet thing

I need something to help me get on, help me get on by

Love thing



Sometimes I feel like I've been trapped in a container

Pushed through a strainer, but I ain't no complainer

Think I'm going crazy, there, now I'm insaner

What could be plainer, it's a no-brainer



The truth is always wherever you find it

Throw back the curtain, see what's behind it

Look hard at life and the ties that bind it

Day after day we must be reminded



Everything I had is gone, it's so dark it must be dawn

Where's that reason to go, reason to go on and on



Give what you ain't got to give, lord have mercy on me

Drinkin' up blood and sweat and tears, I ain't afraid to ask

Give it to me love thing, well being



Why do I always look down when I want to look up

Why do I shake somebody down when I'm feelin' shook up

Why do I wander around when I want to hook up

Why am I puttin' it down when I wanna pick up



One of these days I'm gonna make my decision

And act upon it while I still got volition

But I've got so many ideas in collision,

It makes it hard to be a man with a mission



I need something, I need some sweet thing

I need something to help me get on, help me get on by

I need something to clear my head

I need something to warm my bed

I need something, some sweet thing

Everything I had is gone, it's so dark it must be dawn

Where's that reason to go, reason to go on and on



Tell me lies, I know the truth but tell me lies

Just like a breath of fresh air blowin' through my lonely spirit

Love thing, well being

Love thing