Lyrics to
We Need You

This version of We Need You was released by Diana Ross in 1973.

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As I glance across the table
Your empty chair is out of place
Living here just ain’t that easy now
But there are signs of trying on my face

We need you
You’re the strength
You’re the sunshine of our days
We need you
And the wisdom of your ways
In our dreams, you are here
When we wake you disappear
Without you
Life is one long lonely day

Both the kids, they still love you
You know, they always ask me
When is daddy coming home
Then we talk, and laugh about the good times
Without you, they still feel so alone

We need you
You’re the strength
You’re the sunshine of our day
We need you
And the wisdom of your way
In our dreams
You are here
When we wake you disappear
Without you, life is one long lonely day

Someone’s knocking at the door of my heart
Telling me what we need
Is a brand new start
That ain’t true
We need you

In our dreams
You are here
When we wake you disappear
Without you life is one long lonely day

We need you
We need you
In our dreams you are here
When we wake you disappear
Without you life is one long lonely day
We need you
We need you

In our dreams
You are here
When we wake you disappear
Without you life is one long lonely day

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About Lyrics and We Need You by Diana Ross

The lyrics to We Need You are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Diana Ross in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to We Need You are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Diana Ross and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for We Need You back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to We Need You by Diana Ross in a number of ways. 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 We Need You" means the words set to the music of We Need You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Diana Ross. 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 We Need You and the lyrics to We Need You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Diana Ross who came here looking just for the lyrics to We 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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