i need a man to love

janis joplin

whoa

i need a man to love me. don't you understand me

baby?

why

i need a man to love. i gotta find him

i gotta have him like the air i breathe. one lovin' man to understand can't be too much to need. you know it

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be this loneliness

baby

surrounding me. no

no

know it just can't be

no it just can't be

there's got to be some kind of answer. no it just can't be

and everywhere i look

there's none around

no it just can't be

whoa

it can't be

no it just can't be

oh no!

whoa

hear me now. whoa

won't you let me hold you?

honey

just close your eyes. whoa

won't you let me hold you

dear?

i want to just put my arms around ya

like the circles going 'round the sun. let me hold you daddy

at least until the morning comes. because it

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be now

oh no

can't be this loneliness

baby

surrounding me. no

no

no it just can't be. no it just can't be

oh

baby

baby

baby

baby

just can't be. no

no

no

no it just can't be

and why can't anyone ever tell me

now?

no it just can't be

i wake up one morning

i realize

no it just can't be

whoa

it can't be. no it just can't be

now go!

whoa

i need a man to love me

oh

maybe you can help me

please. why

i need a man to love. but i believe that someday and somehow it's bound to come along

because when all my dreams and all my plans just cannot turn out wrong. you know it

can't be now oh no

can't be now oh no

can't be now oh no

can't be now oh no

can't be now oh no

can't be just loneliness

baby

surrounding me

no

no

no

it just can't be

no it just can't be

oh

baby

baby

baby

baby

it just can't be

no it just can't be

and who could be foolin' me?

no it just can't be

i've got all this happiness

no it just can't be

come

come

come on

come on

come on

and help me now. no it just can't be

please

can't you hear my cry?

no it just can't be

whoa

help.