The boss needs me to come to work in the morning he told me so
My landlord needs me to pay my rent or out I go
The parakeet needs me to teach him a song
The puppy dog needs me to bring him a bone
Everebody needs me but something's wrong

That ain't the kinda needin' I need baby ain't the kinda needin' I need
I need love your kind of love tender warm and sweet
I need your lips to kiss me and tell me I'm your man
Talk to me in the language of love that's all I understand
And that's the kinda needin' I need

My next door neighbor needs me to help him paint his fence
The kid with the biard and beads needs me to talk him some sense
The sailboat needs me to find some wind sail it up and down the water again
And you need me just to be your friend

And that ain't the kinda needin' I need baby ain't the kinda needin' I need
I need love your kind of love tender warm and sweet
I need your lips to kiss me and tell me I'm your man
Talk to me in the language of love that's all I understand
And that's the kinda needin' I need
That's the kinda needin' I need baby ain't the kinda needin' I need
That's the kinda needin' I need baby ain't the kinda needin' I need