Janis Joplin - I Need a Man to Love

[Verse 1]

I need a man to love me

Don't you understand me, baby

Why I need a man to love?

I got to find him, I got to have him like the air I breathe

One loving man to understand, can't be too much to need

[Chorus]

You know it

Can't beat now [x5]

Can't beat this loneliness

Baby, surrounding me

[Verse 2]

No, no, know it just can't be

No it just can't be

There's got to be some kind of answer

No it just can't be

And everywhere I look, there's none around

No it just can't be

It can't be

No it just can't be, oh no!

Hear me now!

Won't you let me hold you?

Honey, just close your eyes

Won't you let me hold you, dear?

I want to just put my arms around you, like the circles going around the sun

Let me hold you daddy, at least until the morning comes

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

And why can't anyone ever tell me, now?

No it just can't be

I wake up one morning, I realize

No it just can't be

It can't be

No it just can't be

Now go!

I need a man to love me

Maybe you can help me, please

I need a man to love

But I believe that someday and somehow it's bound to come along

Because when all my dreams and all my plans just cannot turn out wrong

[Chorus][x2]

• Artist:Janis Joplin
• Album:ap Thrills (1968)