In the evening When the day is done I'm looking for a woman But the girl don't come So don't let her Play you for a fool She don't show no pity, baby She don't make no rules Oh, I need your love I need your love Oh, I need your love I just got to have So don't you let her Oh, get under your skin It's only bad luck and trouble From the day that you begin I hear you crying in the darkness, Don't ask nobody's help Ain't no pockets full of mercy, baby 'Cause you can only blame yourself Oh, I need your love Oh, oh, I need your love Yeah, I need your love I just got to have Oh, it's simple All the pain that you go through You can turn away from fortune, fortune, fortune 'Cause that's all that's left to you Oh, it's lonely at the bottom Man, it's dizzy at the top But if you're standing in the middle Ain't no way you're gonna stop, oh Oh, I need your love Oh, oh, I need your love Oh, oh, I need your love I just got to have Ooh, whatever that your days may bring No use hiding in a corner 'Cause that won't change a thing If you're dancing in the doldrums One day soon, it's got to stop, it's got to stop When you're the master of the off-chance When you don't expect a lot Oh, I need your love Oh, oh, I need your love Oh yeah, I need your love I just got to have, I just got to have