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 …