Lyrics to
I Need You (For Someone)

This version of I Need You (For Someone) was released by The Jam in 1977.

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I need you to keep me straight
When the world don’t seem so great
And it’s hard enough you know

I need you to be around
When my conscience brings me down
And the world feels so obscure

I want you to be the one
Who tells me off when I do wrong
And you know I can be bad

I need you, I need you
Say you’ll stay, make my day

Now what have I done,
Was it something I said
Oh dear

I need you to turn me off
When you think I’ve said enough
To the extent of being a bore

I need you to tell me no
Slap my wrists and send me home
Tell me I can’t come again

Now why are you crying
Have I gone too far again

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The lyrics to I Need You (For Someone) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Jam used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to I Need You (For Someone) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Jam 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 You (For Someone) by The Jam. 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 You (For Someone)" means the words set to the music of I Need You (For Someone), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jam. 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 You (For Someone) and the lyrics to I Need You (For Someone) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jam who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Need You (For Someone), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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