When the sun is going down   And the nighttime blots you eyes   And I don’t know where I am   Will you call me to your side?      Baby I love you, and I want you to be alright   Maybe I need you, honey, to help me through the night   Nobody tells you how to do it   Nobody else is going through it   Nobody else can understand   And I, I need you tonight      When the rain is coming down   And the river flowing hard   And our love begins to drown   Will you pull me up somehow?   Will you pull me up somehow?      Baby I love you, and I want you to be alright   Maybe I need you, honey, to help me through the night   Nobody tells you how to do it   Nobody else is going through it   Nobody else can understand   And I, I need you tonight      Oh take me to the holy water   Baby, and baptize me   Let me hear the singers singing, “We’ll shall be set free”   Take me to the Mississippi River   Baby, and bury me   In the holy water there for all eternity      Baby I love you, and I want you to be alright   Maybe I need you, honey, to help me through the night   Nobody tells you how to do it   Nobody else is going through it   Nobody else can understand   And I, I need you tonight   I need you tonight   I need you tonight   I need you tonight   I need you tonight