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If I Ever Needed Someone

This version of If I Ever Needed Someone was released by Van Morrison in 1970.

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Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You
Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You

To see me through the daytime
(See me through the daytime)
And through the long, lonely night
To lead me through the darkness
And on into the light

To stand with me when I’m troubled
(Stand with me when I’m troubled)
And help me through my strife
At times get so uncertain, I turn to, You
Turn to You, in my young life

Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You
Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You

Someone to hold onto
(Someone to hold to)
And keep me from all fear
Someone to be my guiding light
And keep me ever dear

To keep me from-a my selfishness
(To keep me from my selfishness)
To keep-a me from-a my sorrow
To lead me on to givingness
So I can see a new tomorrow

Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You
Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You

Someone to walk with
Whoa, someone to hold by the hand
Someone to talk with
Someone to understand

Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)

To call on when I need, You
(Call on when I need, You)
And I need You, very much
To open up my arms to, You
(Feel your tender touch)
(Feel your tender touch

To feel it and to keep it
(Feel it and keep it)
To keep it right here in my soul
(Yeah, yeah)
And care for it and keep it with me
(Never, never to grow old)
Never to grow old

Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You
Lord, if I ever needed someone
I need, You

One more time, again

Lord, if I ever needed, needed some a-one
I need, You

Lord, oh if I ever needed some a-one
I need, You.

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Van Morrison has released many songs over the years besides If I Ever Needed Someone. Van Morrison released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Blowin' Your Mind!, Astral Weeks, Moondance, His Band And The Street Choir, Tupelo Honey, Saint Dominic's Preview, Hard Nose The Highway, It's Too Late To Stop Now, Veedon Fleece, A Period Of Transition, Wavelength, Into The Music, Common One, Beautiful Vision, Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart, A Sense Of Wonder, No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Poetic Champions Compose, Irish Heartbeat, Avalon Sunset, Enlightenment, Hymns To The Silence, Too Long In Exile, Days Like This, How Long Has This Been Going On, Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison, The Healing Game, The Philosopher's Stone, Back On Top, The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast, You Win Again, Down The Road, What's Wrong With This Picture?, and Magic Time. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Van Morrison.

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The lyrics to If I Ever Needed Someone are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Van Morrison in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to If I Ever Needed Someone are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Van Morrison and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for If I Ever Needed Someone back when it was created.

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