I'm gonna bet you that heartaches And true love and feeble excuses For repressed desire adds fuel to the fire And the human condition goes on and goes on and goes on (chorus) Everybody needs it Everybody needs Everybody needs it Everybody needs And I get so blue when I'm stuck all day in school And I get so blue when I'm stuck all day in school And I stare at the back of my old notebook And the teacher gives me a dirty look And I've got just one thing on my mind No matter how hard I try and try I feel like someone else I feel like someone else Everybody needs Big boyreal coolyou can tell he's no one's fool And he tries so hard to come off like a star You can tell by the way he combs his hair By the cocky grin and that moody stare By the way he leans and juts out his hip And you think any second that he might slip But he feels like someone else And he feels like someone else I know what's on his mind I know what's on his mind (repeat chorus) And I'm gonna bet you that I know what's on your mind Pretty babyI'm gonan bet you that I know what's on your mind Young girlso wildshe wears a ponytail And she cooks inside with a passion she can't hide And she's got that ju-ju in her eyes Makes boys and old men come alive And she knows the power that she possesses When they start to melt under her caresses She feels like someone else She feels like someone else I know what's on her mind I know what's on her mind (repeat chorus) True love and virtue get put in a closet Like jeckyll and hydewhen it starts you can't stop it No need to feel guilty'cause you're not alone When the fire consumes you and nature takes over The heartache and true love and feeble excuses For repressed desires add fuel to the fire When the fire consumes you and nature takes over And the human condition goes on and goes on and goes on (repeat chorus) Everybody needs