You Need To Be Loved - Oleta Adams

Somebody tell me

What’s all the fuss

If there’s a problem

I know we’ll work it out

I’m not here to judge you

And I won’t place the blame

My mind is open

I’m just glad you came to me

This thing is easy to see

You need to be loved

Like a child out in the cold

With loving hearts surrounding you

And someone to hold

Who’ll give you back your confidence

To find your way home to joy

To peace, to love

You’re like a flower

Deprived of the rain and light

It starts to wither

The beauty fades from sight

But deep down under

The soil and faded leaves

A bud is growing

Some tenderness is all it needs

To awaken the beauty that sleeps

You need to be loved

Like a child out in the cold

With loving hearts surrounding you

And someone to hold

Who’ll give you back your confidence

To find your way home to joy

To peace, to love

There’s nothing wrong with the way you were created

It’s all part of the master plan

He doesn’t make mistakes

You’ve just got what it takes

To make you into a better man

You need to be loved

Like a child out in the cold

With loving hearts surrounding you

And someone to hold

Who’ll give you back your confidence

To find your way home to joy

To peace, to love