Smokey Robinson
You’ve Got the Love I Need
[Intro]
Uh-huh-huh

[Verse 1]
Now you've, you've been my life
Since the time of way back when
And if I had my life to make all over
I'd make sure you'd be you again

[Chorus]
'Cause baby, you've got the love I need
I tell you, you've got the love I need
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing (Helps me do my thing)

[Verse 2]
Don't you know that home is just a house?
Just a shell of wood and stone
If you're not there, home don't mean nothin'
It don't mean a thing when, when I'm all alone

[Chorus]
I tell you, you've got the love I need
Ooh baby, now you've got the love I need
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing (Helps me do my thing)
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Uh-huh
Oh yeah

[Verse 3]
Ooh, you, my oasis
In a world of burning sand
'Cause I was lost and I didn't have no one
Then you came along and took my hand

[Chorus]
I tell you, you've got the love I need
Yeah, that you've got the love I need (You've got the love I need)
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing

[Outro]
You've (You've got the love I need)
Got the love I need, yeah (You've got the love I need)
Darlin', darlin', darlin', you've (You've got the love I need)
Got the love I need
Oh baby, oh baby (You've got the love I need)
Oh baby, oh baby
Ooh baby, now
You've got the