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Artist: Tom Petty
Canonical path: /tom-petty/i-need-you
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I Need You
Read I Need You lyrics by Tom Petty on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Need You
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You don't realize how much
I need you.
Love you all the time,
Never leave you
Please come on back to me
I'm lonely as can be
I need you
Said you had a thing or two
To tell me
How was I to know you would
Upset me
I didn't realize
As I looked in your eyes
You told me
Oh, yes, you told me
You don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me
And feeling like this,
I just can't go on anymore
Please remember how I feel
About you
I could never really live
Without you
So, come on back and see
Just what you mean to me
I need you
But when you told me
You don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me
And feeling like this,
I just can't go on anymore
Please remember how I feel
About you
I could never really live
Without you
So, come on back and see
Just what you mean to me
I need you
I need you
I need you
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