Lyrics to
Who Needs You

This version of Who Needs You was released by Queen in 1977.

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I make it half past six you come at seven
Always trying to keep me, hanging round
You little spoilt thing, girl you kept me waiting
Never contemplating my point of view
This comes as no surprise
I’m a fool, for I believed your lies
But now I’ve seen through your disguise
Who needs, well I don’t need, who needs you?

Oh I believed you
Went on my knees to you
How I trusted you
But you turned me down
But it’s dog eat dog in this rat race
And it leaves you bleeding lying flat on your face
Reaching out, reaching out for a helping hand
Where is that helping hand?

How I was pushed around
“Don’t let it get you down”
You walked all over me
“But don’t you ever give in”
Taking one step forward, slipping two steps back
There’s an empty feeling that you can’t forget
Reaching out, reaching out for a helping hand

When I met you, you were always charming
Couldn’t sleep at night ’till you were mine
You were oh so so sophisticated
Never interested in what I’d say
I had to swallow my pride
So naive, you took me for a ride
But now I’m the one to decide
Who needs, well I don’t need, who needs you?

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About Lyrics and Who Needs You by Queen

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

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