Love is the thing you need      Ooh, I know a fortune teller, a very freaky fella   How 'bout you like me to tell ya   (Love is the thing you need)   Let me say now, a family physician, gave me a prescription   For a nice disposition   (Love is the thing you need)      So, when all your frustrations don't receive no medication   How bad you feel, oh, it's just unreal   Oh, you can't get no satisfaction when your mind is overacting   And you don't give your self the love you need      So get on up and get down, down, down   With some good ol' funky, funky love   (Love is the thing you need)   Fellas   (Love is the thing you need)   Ah, hit it      Make you feel so good   Make your body shake like crazy   Give yourself a get and go, yeah   (Love is the thing you need)   The midnight hour      (Love is the thing you need)   (Love is the thing you need)   (Love is the thing you need)   Sing it again   (Love is the thing you need)      (Love is the thing you need)   When that somebody finds you down   (Love is the thing you need)   Love comes up from underground   (Love is the thing you need)      Oh, love   (Oh, love)      Yeah, some people they don't know that it's the only way to go   If you wanna live a happy, happy life yeah, yeah   Oh, there ain't no doubt about it, we just can't live without it   No we can't, no we can't, sing it to me children      (Love is the thing you need)   One more time, yeah   (Love is the thing you need)   Sing it, yeah   Once a day, twice a day, everyday   (Love is the thing you need)      What you say now   Once a day, twice a day   Good God, everyday   (Love is the thing you need)      You gotta, gotta have love   You gotta, gotta have love   You gotta, gotta have love   Y'all know what I'm talkin' about      (Love is the thing you need)   You gotta, gotta have love   You gotta, gotta have love   You gotta, gotta have love   Love is the thing you need   Don't you stop, don't you stop