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I Need Somebody To Lean On

This version of I Need Somebody To Lean On was released by Elvis Presley in 1971.

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I need somebody to lean on
I need somebody to, to tell my troubles to
No use denying, I’m close to cryin’
But what good, tell me, what good would my crying do?

I need somebody to help me
Help me forget all those worries on my mind
And when I’m lonely, if someone would only
Want to be sweet and kind

I need somebody, won’t that somebody
Please, please listen to my plea?
Need that somebody, won’t that somebody
Come running to me?

I need somebody to lean on
I’m tired of being unhappy and so blue
If she came I would hold her
‘Cause I need that shoulder to lean on, yes, I really do
I need somebody and maybe that somebody is you

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When you decide to study the lyrics to I Need Somebody To Lean On, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Elvis Presley. Some of the lyrics to I Need Somebody To Lean On have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Elvis Presley and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I Need Somebody To Lean On if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 To Lean On" means the words set to the music of I Need Somebody To Lean On, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Presley. 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 To Lean On and the lyrics to I Need Somebody To Lean On are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Presley who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Need Somebody To Lean On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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