The times i've seen you down   In despair walking round   And felt you that were alone      Baby, someone was by your side   To dry your tears, to make you smile   But you would never have known (you would never have known)      Though i'm thinking   You've realised (somebody's looking out for you tonight)   I guess it's only a matter of time       There's gotta be somebody   Somebody who'll love you    There's gotta be somebody   Somebody who'll be there    And if you open your eyes    You'll see for the very first time   That somebody like me (somebody like me)   Loves somebody like you (somebody somebody)      You say your in control   Don't need a hand to hold   But still you take it from me (take it from me)      Baby, i've seen you fall before   Picked your heart up off the floor   Tell me baby, why can't you see (why can't you see)      There's something you should understand (everything you're looking for i am)   Or are you busy with other plans      There's gotta be somebody   Somebody who will love you (somebody that'll love you)   There's gotta be somebody   Somebody who'll be there (that'll always be there)   And if you open your eyes    You'll see for the very first time   That somebody like me (somebody like me)   Loves somebody like you      Somebody   Somebody that'll love ya   Somebody that'll always be there   Somebody   Somebody that'll love ya   Somebody that'll always be there      I need you in my life   To keep me warm through lonely nights   Lying there by your side      Can i be your somebody   Let me be your somebody, yeah      Somebody, somebody    Somebody that'll love ya   Somebody, somebody   Somebody that'll always be there      And if you open your eyes    You'll see for the very first time    That somebody like me    Loves somebody like you      Somebody, somebody   Somebody, somebody   Somebody that'll love ya   There's gotta be somebody   Somebody who'll be there      And if you open your eyes   You'll see for the very first time    That somebody like me   Loves somebody like you