You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends   Spin in the middle when your troubles begin   Take it nice and easy and always pretend   That you're cool, so cool, so cool      Say, I'munna hold onto that a while and I will and I'll be tame   Talk like a jerk on educated brain   Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane   Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter      Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Don't need to be no strong hand   Don't need to be no rich hand   Everyone just needs a hand to hold on to      Havin' good luck with your financial situation   Play the ponies, be the President of the United Nation   Go to work and be a Hollywood stand   Drive your four wheel drive right into the mud, but      Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Don't need to be no strong hand   Don't need to be no rich hand   Everyone just needs a hand to hold on to      And in those hours when you're alone   And there's nobody there except yourself   I know it you wanna pick up the phone   And say, "Talk to me, talk to me   Somebody please talk to me", yeah      Oh yeah, everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Don't need to be no strong hand   Don't need to be no rich hand      Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Don't need to be no strong hand   Don't need to be no rich hand      Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Everyone needs a hand to hold on to   Don't need to be no strong hand   Don't need to be no rich hand