"We all need someone."
Ask a Christian who we need, and they'll quickly respond, "Jesus!"
And yet that Christian discounts
the need God has created within each of us,
the need to have others to share our burdens and help carry our load.
This is a song I wrote many years ago when I was in the US Navy, stationed at NAS Whidbey Island, WA. I was going through some hard times and was feeling very abandoned by my Christian brothers with whom I fellowshipped.
Someday I'll get someone to help me transcribe the
melody and chords. (If I want to be really cruel, maybe I'll make a WAV
file of me singing the song and playing guitar!)
We All Need Someone by Rich Clingman, May, 1980
It seems in the world today
We're afraid to be involved
In the lives of others,
Even those whom we love.
When their hard times come
The only thing we'll say
Is, "Pray to the Lord,"
And then we'll walk away.
Or maybe we have the answers
That work every time for sure,
The quick remedy
Or the ready-made cure,
But what they need is someone
Just to be near,
To take some time,
To lend a listening ear.
We all need someone we can talk to.
We all need someone who'll be there.
We all need someone we can lean on.
We all need someone who'll care.
Have you ever needed
Just to be heard?
Not seeking advice,
Nor a positive word?
Have you said, "If someone will listen
To what I have to say,
Then maybe a change
Will come my way"?
There are others here today
Who think the same as you.
If you'll listen to them,
Well, maybe they will listen, too.
If you'll give your love to others
Then they will love you back.
Let's help each other
In the things that we lack.
We all need someone we can talk to.
We all need someone who'll be there.
We all need someone we can lean on.
We all need someone who'll care.
Won't you take a minute
To think about what you've heard?
Just look a little longer
It's written in God's Word.
Get involved in lives of others,
Take a minute to understand
The troubles they're in.
Won't you lend a helping hand?
You will be amazed
At the difference it can make,
The ear you lend
And the time that you take
Can help someone so greatly!
The love you'll show today
Can help them in their walk,
Get them headed back the right way.
We all need someone we can talk to.
We all need someone who'll be there.
We all need someone we can lean on.
We all need someone who'll care.
We all need someone who'll care.
Won't you be that someone who'll care?
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