Need Somebody

Now, that I'm getting old and Now, I'm getting cold and There's nothing left to say Just like a daffodil, you know I will You know wilting in my way And I need somebody Yes, I need somebody Yes, I need, need somebody Now, I know I'm getting old This is a lonely life Man, without your wife Without a bed or view I'm always at the gate And I'm always late Cause there's nothing left to do And I need somebody Yes, I need, need somebody Yes, I need, I need somebody Now, I know I'm getting old Strange tunes in my head I'll think I'll go to bed I think I'll change the sheets and all Maybe do some drawing Do some painting An antelope across my wall And I need somebody Yes, I need, need somebody Yes, I need anybody Now, I know I'm getting old A visitor out on the lawn His hair all shorn Is he friend or is he foe? Is he a man I know? Is he someone to sow? Is he someone to say hello? And I need somebody Yes, I need, need somebody Yes, I need, need somebody Now, I know I'm getting old So, I'm so confused I'm so bemused I think I'll settle down Lie down on anywhere Maybe in this chair Anywhere I just don't care Because I need somebody Yes, I need, oh, somebody Yes, I need anybody Now, I know I'm getting old The friend I saw is at the door He says, "Hello, once more I met you down the road" Great long fingers holding out I want to shout What's the point because he knows That I need, I need somebody Yes, I need somebody Yes, I need almost anybody Now, I know I'm getting old Yes, I need, I need somebody Yes, I need, I need somebody Oh, I need almost anybody Now, I know I'm getting, getting old