Lyrics to
I Need Somebody

This version of I Need Somebody was released by John Cougar Mellencamp in 1976.

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I am your crazy driver
Honey I’m sure to steer you so wrong
I’m a dieing in this story
I’m only livin’ to sing this song

I need somebody baby
You need somebody baby too
I need somebody baby
Just like you, Just like you

And I’m losing on my feelings
And I’m running out of friends
You know you lied to me in the beginning
Now your gonna try to bring me to the end
And you know that’s such a shame

I need somebody baby
You need somebody baby too
I need somebody baby
Just like you, Just like you

Now its time to leave this signal
In in a run down and rotten mess
You know I got my reputation
Right there in your blue jean dress

I need somebody baby
You need sombody baby too
I need somebody baby
Just like you, Just like you
I need somebody
Somebody
Somebody

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John Cougar Mellencamp has released many songs over the years besides I Need Somebody. John Cougar Mellencamp released songs from 1976 to 2007 spanning across albums like Chestnut Street Incident, A Biography, John Cougar, Nothin' Matters And What If It Did, American Fool, The Kid Inside, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy, Whenever We Wanted, Human Wheels, Dance Naked, Mr. Happy Go Lucky, John Mellencamp, Rough Harvest, Cuttin' Heads, Trouble No More, and Freedom's Road. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Cougar Mellencamp.

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About Lyrics and I Need Somebody by John Cougar Mellencamp

The lyrics to I Need Somebody are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that John Cougar Mellencamp used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to I Need Somebody have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only John Cougar Mellencamp and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I Need Somebody by John Cougar Mellencamp. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I Need Somebody" means the words set to the music of I Need Somebody, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Cougar Mellencamp. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I Need Somebody and the lyrics to I Need Somebody are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Cougar Mellencamp who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Need Somebody, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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