Lyrics to
Little Darlin’ (I Need You)

This version of Little Darlin’ (I Need You) was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1977.

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It’s so hard lovin’ you
But I just can’t let you go
Little darlin’, I love you
Little darlin’, I need you
Little darlin’, I want you
Little darlin’, got to have you

And if it means givin’ up my pride
Oh, I’m gonna give it up, give it up
There’s always one who loves more than the other
I don’t mind, I don’t mind
I’m willin’ to pay the price
Have your love at any sacrifice

Little darlin’, I need you
Little darlin’, I love you
Little darlin’, I want you
Little darlin’, got to have you

Only my pillow knows
How many tears I’ve cried
Only my heart knows
The awful hurt I feel inside
My life is so lonely
Waitin’ for you to love me only
I’m willin’, darlin’

I’m willin’ to pay the price
Have your love at any sacrifice

Little darlin’, I need you
Little darlin’, I want you
Little darlin’, I love you
Little darlin’, I need you
Little darlin’, I want you
Little darlin’, got to have you

Yeah, there was a time
Way back in your life
When I was the only one, only one
You’d better let this fool back in
Or you will be the lonely one
Darlin’, I love you
Little darlin’ I need you

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Little Darlin’ (I Need You), you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by The Doobie Brothers. Some of the lyrics to Little Darlin’ (I Need You) have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Doobie Brothers and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Little Darlin’ (I Need You) 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 Little Darlin’ (I Need You)" means the words set to the music of Little Darlin’ (I Need You), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Little Darlin’ (I Need You) and the lyrics to Little Darlin’ (I Need You) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Little Darlin’ (I Need You), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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