Released: September 30, 1970
Songwriter: Smokey Robinson Rose Ella Jones
Producer: Smokey Robinson
[Intro]
Uh-huh-huh
[Verse 1]
Now you've, you've been my life
Since the time of way back when
And if I had my life to make all over
I'd make sure you'd be you again
[Chorus]
'Cause baby, you've got the love I need
I tell you, you've got the love I need
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing (Helps me do my thing)
[Verse 2]
Don't you know that home is just a house?
Just a shell of wood and stone
If you're not there, home don't mean nothin'
It don't mean a thing when, when I'm all alone
[Chorus]
I tell you, you've got the love I need
Ooh baby, now you've got the love I need
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing (Helps me do my thing)
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Uh-huh
Oh yeah
[Verse 3]
Ooh, you, my oasis
In a world of burning sand
'Cause I was lost and I didn't have no one
Then you came along and took my hand
[Chorus]
I tell you, you've got the love I need
Yeah, that you've got the love I need (You've got the love I need)
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing
[Outro]
You've (You've got the love I need)
Got the love I need, yeah (You've got the love I need)
Darlin', darlin', darlin', you've (You've got the love I need)
Got the love I need
Oh baby, oh baby (You've got the love I need)
Oh baby, oh baby
Ooh baby, now
You've got the
Uh-huh-huh
[Verse 1]
Now you've, you've been my life
Since the time of way back when
And if I had my life to make all over
I'd make sure you'd be you again
[Chorus]
'Cause baby, you've got the love I need
I tell you, you've got the love I need
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing (Helps me do my thing)
[Verse 2]
Don't you know that home is just a house?
Just a shell of wood and stone
If you're not there, home don't mean nothin'
It don't mean a thing when, when I'm all alone
[Chorus]
I tell you, you've got the love I need
Ooh baby, now you've got the love I need
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing (Helps me do my thing)
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Bridge]
Uh-huh
Oh yeah
[Verse 3]
Ooh, you, my oasis
In a world of burning sand
'Cause I was lost and I didn't have no one
Then you came along and took my hand
[Chorus]
I tell you, you've got the love I need
Yeah, that you've got the love I need (You've got the love I need)
The love you bring
Helps me do my thing
[Outro]
You've (You've got the love I need)
Got the love I need, yeah (You've got the love I need)
Darlin', darlin', darlin', you've (You've got the love I need)
Got the love I need
Oh baby, oh baby (You've got the love I need)
Oh baby, oh baby
Ooh baby, now
You've got the
more tracks from the album
From the album
- A Pocket Full of Miracles (1970)
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- The Tears of a Clown
- Ooo Baby Baby
- The Tracks of My Tears
- I Second That Emotion
- Much Better Off
- A Fork in the Road
- My Business, Your Pleasure
- My Love Is Your Love (Forever)
- Promise Me
- There’s A Sad Story Here
- Yes, No, Maybe So
- I’m on the Outside (Looking in)
- Doggone Right
- You Must Be Love
- I Don’t Blame You at All
- Abraham, Martin and John
- Going to a Go-Go
- Choosey Beggar
- It’s Christmas Time
- My Girl
- The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
- Here I Go Again
- Point It Out (single version) (Mono)
- After You Put Back the Pieces (I’ll Still Have a Broken Heart)