Love Thing Lyrics

I need something, I need some sweet thing
I need something (Help me get on, help me get on by)
Sometimes I feel like I′ve been trapped in a container
Pushed through a strainer, but I ain't no complainer
Think I′m going crazy, there, now I'm insaner
What could be plainer? It's a no-brainer
The truth is always wherever you find it
Throw back the curtain, see what′s behind it
Look hard at life and the ties that bind it
Day after day, we must be reminded

I need something to clear my head
I need something to warm my bed
I need something (Some sweet thing)
Give what you ain′t got to give
Lord have mercy on me
Drinkin' the blood and sweat and tears
I ain′t afraid to ask, give it to me
Love thing (Love thing)
Well-being (Love thing, love thing)

Why do I always look down when I wanna look up?
Why do I shake somebody down when I'm feelin′ shook up?
Why do I wander around when I wanna hook up?
Why am I puttin' it down when I wanna pick up?
One of these days I′m gonna make my decision
And act upon it while I still got volition
But I got so many ideas in collision
It makes it hard to be a man with a mission

I need something, I need some sweet thing
I need something (Help me get on, help me get on by)
I need something to clear my head
I need something to warm my bed
I need something (Some sweet thing)
Everything I had is gone
It's so dark, it must be dawn
Is there reason to go, reason to go on?

Give what you ain't got to give
Lord have mercy on me
Drinkin′ the blood and sweat and tears
I ain′t afraid to ask, give it to me
Love thing (Love thing)
Well-being (Love thing, love thing)

Tell me lies
I know the truth, but tell me lies
Just like a breath of fresh air
Blowin' through my lonely spirit

Love thing (Love thing)
Well-being (Love thing)
Give what you ain′t got to give
Lord have mercy on me
Drinkin' the blood and sweat and tears
Give it to me, give it to me
Love thing (Love thing)
Well-being (Love thing, love thing)
(Love thing) Love thing