Solomon Burke: Music

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Solomon Burke recalled to Mojo magazine August 2008 that he'd hired musicians from Charlotte, North Carolina, to play at a gig in Long Island and he drafted them in to play the instrumental riff on this. The riff was the money march he did at church where the congregation marches down the aisle to the front to make offerings. Burke continued: "Got the band cooking, get a bit of echo, we went through it, came back out, said to (record executive/producer) Jerry (Wexler), 'Whaddya think?' He said, 'Too fast. Doesn't have any meaning.' (Engineer) Tommy (Dowd) says, 'What can we lose? His band's here, let's just cut it.'"

I'm so happy to be here tonight
so glad to be here in your wonderful city
I have a little message for you
and I want to tell every woman and every man tonight
that's ever needed someone to love
that's ever had somebody to love them
that ever had somebody's understanding
that's ever had someone to need your love all the time
someone that's with them when they're up
somebody that's with them when they're down
if you had yourself somebody like this you better hold onto them
let me tell you something
sometimes you get what you want
and you lose what you have
there's a song I sing
and I believe that everybody should sing this song you can save the whole world
listen to me

Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody wants somebody to love
Honey to hug
Sugar to kiss
Baby to miss now
Baby to tease
sometimes to please yeah
and I need you you you
and I need you you you
in the morning baby you you you
when the sun goes down you you you
ain't no nobody around you you you

Whoa Sometimes I feel like
I feel a little sad inside
When my baby mistreats me
And I can't get a little little mad
but I need you you you
Just to see me through
somebody to hold my hand
when I feel a little lonely
oh baby say yeah

I say yeah yeah
yeah
somebody
I just want my woman to stand up and say I love you
I want someone to be a witness
I just want to say I love you
I just want somebody to say yeah