Now, that I'm getting old and   Now, I'm getting cold and   There's nothing left to say   Just like a daffodil, you know I will   You know wilting in my way      And I need somebody   Yes, I need somebody   Yes, I need, need somebody   Now, I know I'm getting old      This is a lonely life   Man, without your wife   Without a bed or view   I'm always at the gate   And I'm always late   'Cause there's nothing left to do      And I need somebody   Yes, I need, need somebody   Yes, I need, I need somebody   Now, I know I'm getting old      Strange tunes in my head   I'll think I'll go to bed   I think I'll change the sheets and all   Maybe do some drawing   Do some painting   An antelope across my wall      And I need somebody   Yes, I need, need somebody   Yes, I need anybody   Now, I know I'm getting old      A visitor out on the lawn   His hair all shorn   Is he friend or is he foe?   Is he a man I know?   Is he someone to sow?   Is he someone to say hello?      And I need somebody   Yes, I need, need somebody   Yes, I need, need somebody   Now, I know I'm getting old      So, I'm so confused   I'm so bemused   I think I'll settle down   Lie down on anywhere   Maybe in this chair   Anywhere I just don't care      Because I need somebody   Yes, I need, oh, somebody   Yes, I need anybody   Now, I know I'm getting old      The friend I saw is at the door   He says, "Hello, once more   I met you down the road"   Great long fingers holding out   I want to shout   What's the point because he knows      That I need, I need somebody   Yes, I need somebody   Yes, I need almost anybody   Now, I know I'm getting old      Yes, I need, I need somebody   Yes, I need, I need somebody   Oh, I need almost anybody   Now, I know I'm getting, getting old