Girl, you know I love you  No matter what you do  And I hope you understand me  Every word I say is true  ‘Cause I love you    Baby, I’m thinkin’ of you  Tryin’ to be more of a man for you  And I don’t have much riches  But we gonna see it through  ‘Cause I love you    Ho...ho...ho...    Some men need lots of women  For their passions to feel  But I want only you, girl  If it’s in, if it’s in, if it’s in God’s will  ‘Cause I, ‘cause I love you    I, I love you, baby  With all my heart and soul  Oh, oh, oh, oh  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh    I Love you  I need you  I want you  I need you    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh your love makes me grow stronger  It keeps goin’ on, oh, baby  I’m glad I found you  I just love to be around you, oh, baby  You’ve been so good to me  Oh, baby  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh    Hmm, hmm  Hmm...hmm...mmm...  You know  One time things got so bad until  I had to go to one of my friends and talk to him  And I told him, I said, “You know  I’m having problems with the woman that I love  It seems that I call her on the phone and I just can’t get her to answer  And then I went to her house and I saw a car parked in the driveway  I knocked on the door, but still my knocks went unanswered  And then I went home and I-I watched television until television went off  And then I played my records until I just didn’t want to hear them anymore  And finally I went to bed, but I found myself waking up a few hours later  And the tears were running down my face”  And my friend told me, he said, “Lenny,  You just oughta forget about her”  But I told my friend, I said, “You know  Maybe you’ve never been in love like I’ve been in love  And maybe you’ve never felt the things that I’ve felt”  But this is what I told my friend  I said, “You know, sometimes you get lonely  You get lonely, you get lonely”  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh  And I cry, I cry  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh  And the tears would fill up in the wells  In the wells of my eyes, aww baby  And then it got so bad, it got so bad  Till one time I thought I’d roll myself up in a big ol’ ball and die  And then I met you, darlin’  And you smiled at me  Oh, oh, it was such a pretty smile, yes, it was  And you reached out your hand  You helped me (Helped), you helped me (Helped me), you helped, oh  I’m glad, baby, I’m glad, baby  Oh, oh, oh, baby, ey, ey, ey  I won't ever leave you, baby  I won't ever grieve you, baby  I’m gonna love you, oh, oh, oh, baby  I’m glad, I’m glad, baby  Oh, oh, yeah, baby, oh, oh, oh  I love you, I love you  I love you, I love you, oh  I love you, I love you  I love you, I love you  I love you, I love you  I love you