HE NEEDS ME

Arthur Hamilton 1955

as rec by Nina Simone  1967

also rec by-
Peggy Lee w Orch cond by Hal Mooney '55
Shirley Bassey '84


He needs me,
He doesn't know it but he needs me!
And so, no matter where he goes,
Though he doesn't care,
He knows I'm there.

He needs me,
I ought to leave him but he needs me!
I know that I ain't very bright
just to tag along,
Oh, but right or wrong,
I'm his, and I'm here.

And I'm gonna be his friend or lover,
'Cause my one ambition is
to wake him and may, hey hey hey, he'll discover
That he needs me!
I've got to follow where he leads me,
Or else he'll never know that I need him,
Just as he needs me!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - September 2010)