People need hope, people need lovin’ 
people need [bad word] from a fellow man 
people need love to make a good livin’ 
people need faith in a helping hand 

Man has always wanted a woman by his side 
to keep [bad word] 
women always knew that it takes a man 
to get matrimonial harmony 
everybody knows that a man who’s feeling down 
wants some female sympathy 
gotta have love to carry on living 
gotta have love ’til eternity 

People need hope, people need lovin’ 
people need [bad word] from a fellow man 
people need love to make a good livin’ 
people need faith in a helping hand 

Flowers in a desert need a drop of rain 
like a woman needs her man 
if a man’s in love 
and his woman wants the moon 
then he’ll take it down if he can 
somebody who loves you 
and somebody who cares 
isn’t that what you call a friend 
gotta have love to carry on living 
isn’t it easy to understand 

People need hope, people need lovin’ 
people need [bad word] from a fellow man 
people need love to make a good livin’ 
people need faith in a helping hand